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Month: October 2018
Brazil’s new president: strongman at home, weak man abroad?
By Harold TrinkunasLast Sunday’s election of far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro as president of Brazil will likely prove a major break with the country’s traditional approach to foreign policy. In recent decades, Brazil has sought to influence the international order by relying heavily on “soft power”—the …
Voting in local elections impacts life and death: A case study in Washington, DC
By Jenny Schuetz A paradox of the U.S. federal political system is that voters say national political issues are too remote from their daily lives, yet voter turnout is much higher for national elections than purely local ones. Local elected officials—mayors and city councilors, county …
When NASA Has a Pumpkin Carving Contest Expect Over-Engineered Goodness
Once a year, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California take a break from building robots that explore the solar system to building over-engineered jack-o’-lanterns. from NASA JPL’s 2016 pumpkin carving contest Now in its seventh year, the unofficial pumpkin …
Tim FH UNS Borong Tiga Penghargaan di Diponegoro Law Fair 2018
UNS – Kelompok Studi dan Penelitian ‘Principium’ Fakultas Hukum Universitas Negeri Sebelas Maret (FH UNS) memborong tiga penghargaan sekaligus pada ajang Diponegoro Law Fair 2018 (DLF 2018) yang digelar di Fakultas Hukum Universitas Diponegoro, Minggu (28/10/ 2018). Tiga penghargaan tersebut adalah juara 1 dan 2 Legislative Drafting …
The shifting landscape for international development institutions
By Tana JohnsonSince 1944, when the World Bank and IMF were established, the arena of international development institutions has changed a lot. Some changes are hard to miss. Decolonization and the dissolution of the Soviet Union meant that the number of developing countries mushroomed. Other …
Youth will determine the outcome of the 2018 midterm election
By Andre M. PerryThe stakes are high in the upcoming midterm elections, but few races have commanded as much attention as the Texas senatorial battle between Republican incumbent Ted Cruz and Democratic U.S. Representative Beto O’Rourke of El Paso. O’Rourke’s commitment to stricter gun laws, …
Sri Lanka: An urgent case for conflict prevention
By Jeffrey FeltmanNo one following Sri Lanka could pretend that the partnership forged in 2015 between President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was either affectionate or wildly successful. Yet at least the Sri Lankan leaders seemed to understand the logic that, when you’re …
Race for the Senate 2018: Key issues in Missouri
By Mary Stegmaier, Lincoln BrownOnce again, control of the United States Senate hangs on the fortunes of just a few races. In Missouri, two-term incumbent Claire McCaskill (D) is locked in a dead heat with political newcomer Josh Hawley (R), who entered politics in 2016 …
New report on ESSA Accountability regulation examines agency responsiveness and rule durability
By Diana QuinteroThe rulemaking process has received a great deal of attention over the course of Trump’s presidency, in part because of the administration’s commitment to deregulation—and, in particular, its focus on repealing Obama-era rules. Today, a new report from the Brown Center on Education …