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27 Jun 2016, 4:30 am
The chapter titled “Travel,” for example, is really about diplomats as anthropologists or geographers or even naturalists. [read post]
23 Jun 2016, 4:19 am
For the most part, Western societies dealt with modernization from s position of strength and leadership, and modernity served to empower the West and reinforce its feeling of superiority vis-à-vis other societies and cultures. [read post]
4 Jun 2016, 6:06 pm
The task force will be supported by psychometricians experienced in test development and knowledgeable about nationally recognized standards for certification programs. [read post]
Why Government Use of Social Media Monitoring Software Is a Direct Threat to Our Liberty and Privacy
6 May 2016, 12:30 pm
Social media monitoring software can be used to geographically track us as we communicate. [read post]
6 May 2016, 7:38 am
As the world's largest annual gathering on business and human rights, the Forum plays a unique role in highlighting the importance of collaboration and partnership with international and regional bodies, States, companies and civil society organizations. [read post]
5 May 2016, 3:31 am
” In his recent speech at the American Society of International Law (ASIL), new State Department Legal Adviser Brian Egan confirmed that “areas of active hostilities” is not a legal term but “is a term specific to the PPG. [read post]
2 May 2016, 1:01 am
Alas, outside of the West, as Bacevich points out, “the superiority of cosmopolitan secularism as a basis for organizing societies is not necessarily self-evident. [read post]
19 Apr 2016, 4:59 pm
Jewell made the funding announcement ahead of a major address on conservation at the National Geographic Society where she plans to outline the need for a course correction in order to ensure healthy lands, water and wildlife for the next century of American conservation…” [read post]
11 Apr 2016, 10:47 am
Kerry urged leaders of the unity government to put aside “factional divisions,” arguing that “democracy requires credible institutions” and, more specifically, “people from different political, ethnic and geographic factions to be able to come together and work toward a common good. [read post]
Flora Sapio on Wang Hui: "Contradiction, Systemic Crisis and the Direction for Change: An Interview"
10 Apr 2016, 3:38 pm
Wang Hui may have been born in China, but his reflection transcends the geographical boundaries of the People's Republic, to involve transnational issues, global intellectuals, and a global audience. [read post]
7 Apr 2016, 10:51 am
Jack has been quick to draw parallels (here and here) between the Bush administration’s doctrine of pre-emption, set out in the September 2002 National Security Strategy, and the Obama administration’s approach to jus ad bellum imminence expressed by State Department Legal Adviser Brian Egan in his recent speech at the annual meeting of the American Society of International Law. [read post]
7 Mar 2016, 1:55 am
* “Verlados”, “Calvados”, GI's and the question of "evocation"Lindesay Low, Senior Legal Counsel at the Scotch Whisky Association, shares his thoughts on the recent decision Viiniverla Oy V Sosiaali- ja terveysalan lupa- ja valvontavirasto(C-75/15), where the CJEU considered whether the use of the name “Verlados” on a Finnish cider spirit, was an illegal evocation of the geographical indication “Calvados”.* Carnival… [read post]
10 Feb 2016, 12:11 pm
Agency for International Development (USAID) in partnership with the National Geographic Society, the Smithsonian Institution, and TRAFFIC. [read post]
3 Feb 2016, 1:57 pm
It provides since 2012 a unique source to study and understand emerging trends and high-level patterns regarding the tension between the cross-border nature of the Internet and the patchwork of geographically defined national jurisdictions. [read post]
31 Jan 2016, 8:40 am
It seems that the amendment to paragraph 3 enables the Charity Law to address future needs ex ante, rather than merely responding to the needs that already exist in Chinese society. [read post]
28 Jan 2016, 9:30 pm
There is something worth preserving here too: whether one starts with a nation-state, a geographical region, or a local community, there are many reasons to study a particular space and many obstacles to writing and teaching truly global histories. [read post]
22 Jan 2016, 5:57 am
The poor are becoming more geographically concentrated, separate from the rich and even from the middle. [read post]
21 Jan 2016, 9:49 am
Agency for International Development (USAID) in partnership with the National Geographic Society, the Smithsonian Institution, and TRAFFIC, announced today that the National Whistleblower Center’s “Secured Internet Wildlife Crime Reporting System” is one of the Wildlife Crime Challenge prize winners. [read post]
20 Jan 2016, 5:40 am
National lawyer mobility, combined with the proliferation of national and global law firms, drives the need to ensure consistency in approach to legal regulation across Canada. [read post]
14 Jan 2016, 2:31 pm
Credit: Courtesy of David Littschwager/National Geographic Society http://ocean.si.edu/ocean-acidification Extinction and migration of species, including migration of pest species into new regions. [read post]
