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Harris Offers a Different View of Iranian Politics Using Field Theory

January 26, 2015
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In a public lecture hosted by CMDS on January 22, Kevan Harris, Associate Director of Princeton University's Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies, offered a fresh perspective on modern Iranian politics using field theory.

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Real-World Battles Will Be Won or Lost on the Internet, Doctorow Says

January 20, 2015
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The more computers become part of us and we become part of them, the more opportunities for surveillance and hacking are introduced. Cell phones already track our whereabouts, log our tastes, and store our private e-mails, but personal handheld devices are only the tip of the iceberg. Modern cars and buildings are computer-reliant and advances in the medical field mean we are wearing computers as pacemakers, cochlear implants, and even prosthetic limbs.

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Buxton and Bingham Analyze Challenges in Controlling Dark Net Drug Markets

January 15, 2015
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In a new report for the OSF-funded Global Drug Policy Observatory (GDPO) at Swansea University, Associate Dean and Professor Julia Buxton and Tim Bingham discuss the challenge of Dark Net drug markets for law enforcement agencies.

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Phadkule and Knoll-Tudor Attend Conference in Dhaka on Legal Empowerment in South Asia

December 17, 2014
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Pratik Phadkule (MPA ’15) and Director of Professional Development Bernhard Knoll-Tudor participated in a workshop on legal empowerment and development organized by the South Asian Institute of Advanced Legal and Human Rights Studies (SAILS) in Dhaka, Bangladesh on December 14-15, 2014.

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Ikeanyibe Shows Weaknesses of Bureaucratic Politics Model

December 15, 2014
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The topic of Okey Marcellus Ikeanyibe’s presentation during the faculty seminar on December 12 was “Bureaucratic Politics and Implementation of Economic Liberalization Reforms in Developing Countries: Insights from Privatization in Nigeria’s Oil and Gas Sector.”

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