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Après Paris, Bruxelles. Comment expliquer ces attaques terroristes venant de l’intérieur ? Des études récentes permettent de mieux cerner le processus de radicalisation et l’attractivité de Daech.
Developing countries, specifically in sub-Saharan Africa, are urbanising without industrialising, a trajectory that leaves them with relatively higher poverty rates and share of slums.
Scholars specializing in extremism are beginning to unravel how people – including a higher number of Americans than one might expect – become radicalized to embrace political violence.
While antibiotics can kill the bacteria associated with acne, it’s their anti-inflammatory effects, not their antimicrobial effects, that yield the biggest skin-clearing benefits.
The openness of the Internet gives an advantage to attackers – but what constitutes an act of war in the electronic world?
Environmental sustainability will not figure into this year’s Dietary Guidelines for Americans, but the process helped build evidence – and consumer support – for inclusion in future DGAs.
Before the last round of negotiations, only a handful of issues remained in the way of concluding the TPP. A potential deal-breaker for Australia was intellectual property protections for biologics.
Pourquoi les Chinois investissent-ils en Afrique? Par volonté néo-colonialiste ? Pour surexploiter les ressources ? Une étude montre que la stratégie chinoise est plus complexe que cela.
Contrary to Western views, China is in Africa for business. Between 1998 and 2012, about 2000 Chinese firms invested in 49 countries on the African continent.
The way sea lions swim is unique among fish and marine mammals. Their technique provides a biomechanical model to design agile underwater vehicles… but first we have to figure out how they do it.
Over the next few weeks, the trade minister will be under intense pressure to renege on the government’s commitment to reject anything in the Trans Pacific Partnership that could undermine the PBS.
Boston’s bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympic Games failed due to a lack of leadership, not the price tag.
Regulations that do significantly more harm than good are never appropriate, as the court concluded.
A bill to require regulatory agencies to consider the cost of complying before they’re created will lead to better decisions.
Many questions remain about the hack on government employee data but the US has to treat the data theft as a high-level diplomatic incident.
Seven rounds of negotiations for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership have already taken place with virtually no public debate. The next round of negotiations begins today in Kyoto, Japan.
In a $5 billion industry, there’s no longer a level playing field.
Apes and people are sharing habitat more than ever. As apes are pushed into novel situations, we can see how they adapt and maybe find clues into early human evolution.
The number of international students on American campuses has increased by 55%. Are they taking the place of American students ?
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Professor of public interest and public service law, George Washington University
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Research Fellow at the Program on Extremism, George Washington University
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Senior Fellow in Education and Human Development, George Washington University
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Senior Research Fellow at the Program on Extremism, George Washington University
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Research Program Coordinator for the Illiberalism Studies Program, George Washington University
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Doctorate in Health Sciences candidate, George Washington University
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Adjunct Professor of International Affairs, George Washington University
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Visiting Scholar at the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University
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Research Professor of International Affairs and Political Science, George Washington University
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Professor of Media and Public Affairs, George Washington University
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, George Washington University
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Post-doctorante, George Washington University
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Professor of International Affairs, George Washington University
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Professor, George Washington University
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Professor of Law, George Washington University
