International Politics

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Scientific American August 2006 Jeffrey D. Sachs	Virtuous Circles and Fragile States If U.S. leaders better understood the politics of impoverished and crisis-ridden countries, they would more effectively protect American national security by advancing the causes of economic development and democracy.
Scientific American July 24, 2006 Gunjan Sinha	Soccer Goes Green A consortium including FIFA, the international soccer federation, and the German football association donated 1.2 million euros to make this year's play-off the first sporting event to offset its carbon dioxide emissions by investing in three renewable energy projects.
ifeminists July 19, 2006 Carey Roberts	Feminist Scheme for U.N. Reform You know things are getting desperate at the United Nations when its leaders begin to listen to feminist proposals to revitalize this talk-much, do-little, scandal-ridden bureaucracy.
ifeminists July 12, 2006 Carey Roberts	Half-Truths About Human Trafficking Once human trafficking is defined as a crime that only affects women, statistics become meaningless. It is high irony that some segments of a movement that purports to advance human rights would deem half the world's population as less worthy of attention and concern.
Popular Mechanics August 2006 Simon Cooper	China's Secret Arms Trade A spate of recent spying cases opens the lid on China's aggressive military buildup. What's most troubling: It is based largely on U.S. technology.
Reason July 2006 Logan & Preble	Are Failed States a Threat to America? The Bush administration's nation-building efforts are a big mistake.
Chemistry World June 30, 2006 Bea Perks	Iupac Vice President Resigns in Cash Scandal A Japanese chemist who was to become the first ever female president of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (Iupac), and only the second ever president from Japan, has pulled out after admitting that she misused government money.
Chemistry World June 26, 2006 Arthur Rogers	Update: US Firms Accuse Reach of Raising Trade Barriers With European governments poised to approve the EU regime of registration, evaluation and authorization of chemicals (Reach), the US has launched a last-gasp campaign to persuade ministers to revisit the draft.
National Defense July 2006 Harold Kennedy	Biometric Check on U.S. Visitors Drawing Criticism A controversial effort by the Department of Homeland security to create a biometric computer system to keep tabs on all foreigners entering and leaving the country is drawing increasing flak at home and abroad.
National Defense July 2006 Grace Jean	Central Command: Defeating Insurgency Requires Improved Information Networks For the US to defeat asymmetric attacks from small transnational groups and to win the war on terrorism will require a network of interagency efforts and information sharing.
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