The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) invites resource-rich countries to voluntarily publish the payments they receive from corporations and open their books to the scrutiny of certified auditors. In ...

This paper examines the relationship between expected years of schooling and governance in a sample of 157 countries. Previous studies have looked at similar relationships, specifically between education and democracy, ...

TERRORISM IN YEMEN: CHALLENGES AND UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY

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Despite a growing literature on Japanese soft power and public diplomacy, little research quantifies its effects or orients it in policy discussions. This paper investigates the relationship of consumption of Japanese ...

Using Afrobarometer survey data from up to 20 African countries over four time periods spanning nearly a decade and country-level data from a variety of sources, this study tests the hypotheses that: (1) Quota laws requiring ...

By law, asylum claims in the United States are adjudicated on the basis of an applicant’s well-founded fear of persecution. Yet recent quantitative research on asylum decisions indicates that the probability of receiving ...

Current, less traditional threats to global security and stability call for changes in how we address national security goals. A number of studies have highlighted the importance of soft power in this new international ...

The illicit trafficking of fissile and radioactive materials emerged as a prominent threat following the collapse of the USSR. In the aftermath of September 11th, the issue has received renewed attention due to the ...

While the overall impact of globalization has been impressive - lifting millions of people out of poverty and providing unprecedented opportunities for people around the world, the benefits have not been shared equally by ...