7 things you need to read on homegrown terrorism
International Security7 essays that provide insight into homegrown terrorism, and how we can prevent it.
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7 essays that provide insight into homegrown terrorism, and how we can prevent it.
Thursday October 30, 2014
6:30 pm – 8:15 pm
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In what the UN calls the most dangerous country to be a woman, the battle of nature versus nurture still lingers, and some bacha posh refuse to rescind their male prerogatives.
More about the eventMonday November 03, 2014
6:30 pm – 8:15 pm
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Against the backdrop of deeply-rooted ethno-religious tensions, Myanmar is still facing challenges in the fight against the unjust jailing of journalists and for free expression protections.
More about the eventThursday November 06, 2014
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
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Lessons in Dissent follows two key youngsters, Joshua Wong and Ma Jai, as they engage in political activism, particularly around the 2012 Hong Kong government’s attempt to institute the Moral and National Education curriculum, an initiative that set off massive protests decrying its ideological intent.
More about the eventThursday November 06, 2014
9:30 am – 11:00 am
Courageous, devoted, and fiercely loyal, military working dogs are truly man’s best friend on the battlefield.
More about the eventBut Anand Gopal’s No Good Men Among the Living shows that everything has not been said. His new and shocking indictment demonstrates that the failures of the intervention were worse than even the most cynical believed.
The failure of many well-intentioned technology projects may in the end be a failure to plan for scale in an intentional way. Here’s how to find the right size for community technology projects.
In a disaster, the breakdown of large communications systems and power failures can isolate neighborhoods and hamper response efforts. Local Digital Stewards with skills to build, maintain, and troubleshoot communications tools can lead response and recovery efforts within their communities.
People across the country are experiencing slow speeds on the Internet thanks to the complicated system Internet service providers (ISP) use to connect people to the Web, according to new analysis.
But now we have more numbers on the performance declines, thanks to a new report from the Measurement Lab Consortium (M-Lab).
Professor of History and Public Affairs at Princeton University Julian Zelizer discusses the races and political climate in America.
Christie can’t keep blaming his predecessors for high taxes and a poor fiscal climate, said Julian Zelizer, who teaches history and public affairs at Princeton University.
Business relationships between major broadband providers and Internet backbone providers appear to be the cause of major drags on performance from early 2013 to early this year, according to a new study from a think tank advocating for strong net neutrality rules.
7 essays that provide insight into homegrown terrorism, and how we can prevent it.
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