An Interview with Stephen M. Walt
Walt discusses his balance-of-threat theory, the Obama Administration’s policies in the Middle East, and top security threats to the United States.
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An Interview with Mary Kaldor on human security.
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An Interview with Vicente Fox, Former President of Mexico
In March 2010, Yale postgraduate fellow Matthew Blomerth studying in Mexico sat down with former Mexican head-of-state, President Vicente Fox, at his presidential library to discuss challenges that Mexico faces due to its high reliance on oil sale revenues at a time of rapidly diminishing production.
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By the end of 2006, it had become clear to most observers that the U.S. strategy in Iraq was rapidly deteriorating. During that year, Iraqi civilian fatalities began to approach 4,000 per month, and sectarian violence and al-Qaeda activity was spreading and intensifying. What was the source of the physical threat?
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An Interview with Paul Collier
YJIA: Your work focuses on the “Bottom Billion,” people in small, impoverished, post-colonial countries that you say are structurally unable to provide certain crucial public goods, most notably security and accountability.
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An Interview with George Ayittey
Foreign aid has become an increasingly hot topic, particularly among students and in academia. Aid arguments often fall into one of two camps: that the aid industry is inefficient and ineffective, and should therefore be drastically reformed and even reduced; or that aid can effectively fight poverty, especially if scaled-up.
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An Interview with Nancy Birdsall
YJIA: Foreign aid has become an increasingly hot topic, particularly among students and in academia. Aid arguments often fall into one of two camps: that the aid industry is inefficient and ineffective, and should therefore be drastically reformed and even reduced; or that aid can effectively fight poverty, especially if scaled-up.
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An Interview with William Easterly on the aid landscape and non-governmental organizations.
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