Former student is a finalist for this fellowship. He has a great project going on in Tanzania that a number of our former students have now been involved in. If you click on the link and "like", "comment", or "tweet" ... Continue reading →

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From Foreign Policy: Mapped: The U.S. military's presence in Africa | Killer Apps. View U.S. military presence in Africa in a larger map

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This seems to mirror my experience: The less you know | War of Ideas. People who hold extreme views on complex policy issues tend not to have thought all that hard about the ramifications of those policies. That's the argument ... Continue reading →

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An email I received yesterday has the following highlights: Updated AidData Database: AidData New China Aid Database: china.aiddata.org However, Deborah Brautigam has some very, very important critiques of this database: "Rubbery Numbers on Chinese Aid". For instance, she comments one ... Continue reading →

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Interesting videos from recent conferences and events of The American Society of International Law.

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Kiobel has been decided. The scope for using the Alien Tort Statute to bring human rights claims is now more limited. The opinion: http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/10-1491_8n59.pdf Commentary: Scotus:Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum : SCOTUSblog. Opinio Juris has a range of responses.  

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~~~~ "Alignments of International Refugee Law, Political Liberalism and Sexuality on the Road: Iranian Asylum Seekers through the United Nations High Commission for Refugees in Turkey" a lecture by Emrah Yildiz Thursday, April 18th, 4:15-6pm Fisk 116 Emrah YILDIZ is ... Continue reading →

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Researchers Finally Replicated Reinhart-Rogoff, and There Are Serious Problems. | Next New Deal. Selectivity bias? Seems so. Methods issue? Seems so. Problem with Excel? Definitely. Would be critical of them myself, but it has me wanting to double check the ... Continue reading →

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You are invited to a talk
 by   "Oil, war, and the future of Iraq"   Ben Van Heuvelen   Wednesday April 17, 2013   12.00-1.00    PAC 001   Ben Van Heuvelen is the managing editor of the Iraq Oil ... Continue reading →

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THE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT
Invites you to a Public Lecture   "The Causes and Consequences of Civil War in Central America"


Fabrice Lehoucq
Associate Professor of Political Science,
University of North Carolina, Greensboro   Thursday, April 11, 2013 4:15 p.m.     PAC 002     Professor ... Continue reading →

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