Understanding Policy: Collective Action in Aceh's 2004 Tsunami
By Darang S. Candra Editor's Note: This brief series on Collective Action demonstrates how public policy can be analyzed through the...
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Jun 22, 20156 min read
Japanese Security Strategy: Decreasing Not Demise of the Yoshida Doctrine
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By Paul Spitsen The Taiwan Strait Crisis of 1995-1996 and US success in the Gulf War catalyzed China’s military modernization of the...
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Portrayals of Kurdish Female Resistance
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Dodd-Frank Lite
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Interpreting the Minova Trial Verdict
Source By Parul Agarwal One of the most vicious and prominent features of the Congolese conflict is the systemized military rape...
Apr 27, 20145 min read
Understanding Policy: Is Collective Action the Best Logic for Humanitarian Interventions?
Editor's Note: This brief series on Collective Action demonstrates how public policy can be analyzed through the lens of Mancur Olson's...
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Understanding Policy: Collective Action in Libya
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Apr 22, 20145 min read
Understanding Policy: Collective Action in Kosovo
Editor's Note: This brief series on Collective Action demonstrates how public policy can be analyzed through the lens of Mancur...
Apr 16, 20145 min read
Understanding Policy: Collective Action and Myanmar’s Rohingya
Editor's Note: This brief series on Collective Action demonstrates how public policy can be analyzed through the lens of Mancur...
Mar 18, 20144 min read
Understanding Policy: Collective Action and Haiti's Earthquake
Editor's Note: This brief series on Collective Action demonstrates how public policy can be analyzed through the lens of Mancur...
Mar 15, 20145 min read
Understanding Policy: Collective Action in Somalia
Editor's Note: This brief series on Collective Action demonstrates how public policy can be analyzed through the lens of Mancur...
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International Women's Week 2014
By Mark Buttweiler Last week the whole world celebrated International Women's Day, but how does women empowerment relate to the Pacific...
Mar 14, 20142 min read
Understanding Policy: Collective Action
This week, JIPS Blog will publish memos that use the framework of Mancur Olson's seminal work, The Logic of Collective Action, to ...
Mar 5, 20143 min read
The Korean Peninsula: Athletes and National Identity
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You've been holding your pen wrong your entire life
By Michael DeZubiria Recent calls from Congress to reinstate sanctions against Iran risk derailing the progress already made regarding...
Mar 2, 20143 min read
China's Shadow Banking
By Philip Haxel Can the Chinese Communist Party Balance Financial Stability with Economic Growth? In the wake of the Great Recession,...
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