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Large Explores China’s Post-Conflict Engagement in Africa

March 26, 2015
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Assistant Professor Dan Large has recently co-authored an article with Chris Alden in The China Quarterly on “China’s engagement with the development of norms on security in Africa.”

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Gareth Evans Shares Insights with the International Crisis Group Passion Project Team

March 24, 2015
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Passion Project team members Corina Ajder, Suluck Fai Lamubol, and Lucia Sobekova (all MPA ’16) met with Distinguished Visiting Professor Gareth Evans to gain insights into their project partner, the International Crisis Group (ICG). From 2000-09, Evans was the president and CEO of ICG, an international NGO focused on conflict prevention and resolution.

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Srinivasan Asks if Growth of Digital Society is Crowding out Politics

March 24, 2015
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During a public lecture hosted by the Center for Media, Data and Society (CMDS) on March 19, Sharath Srinivasan took both an empirical and theoretical approach to explore how digital technology is both facilitating and, he argued, “displacing the motivation to participate in politics and take action.”

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The Linkage Project Partners with Passion Project Team to Improve Aid Delivery in Conflict Regions

March 24, 2015
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One Passion Project team is tackling how to turn new analytic methods for data on internally displaced persons (IDP) in conflict regions into actionable policy with their partner, The Linkage Project.

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Gowrinathan Links Understanding Extremist Female Fighters to Understanding Women's Lives

March 23, 2015
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In a public lecture at the Center for Conflict, Negotiation and Recovery (CCNR) on March 20, Nimmi Gowrinathan discussed the reasons why women join radical movements as fighters. "In order to understand female fighters and shape effective policy, we need to understand the everyday lived experiences of these women," emphasized Gowrinathan.

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