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The promise of an open world
Written by Ajinkya
The promise of the open world and the hurdles than need to be crossed first.
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Si vis pacem, para bellum. ¿Es posible la paz en Colombia?
Written by Amaya Querejazu
Abstract: War and peace are two opposite, yet complementary aspects of the complex human nature. One simply cannot exist without the other. There are many ways to understand peace, a very narrow conception of peace is peace as the absence of war, or the absence of violent armed confrontation. […]
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In defense of conflict
Written by Rayna Stamboliyska
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La Paz se vive con violencia
Written by Lucia Querejazu
Abstract: La Paz city got that name because it was founded to pacify the region after the civil war between the followers of Francisco Pizarro and those of Diego de Almagro in the 1540’s. The city was then granted a moto that conveyed the intention of uniting those before […]
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Future Challenges Reader: Work in the Developing World
Written by Mario Wiedemann
Today we have published the first Future Challenges Reader! The first volume comprises the lead article Work in the Developing World and five “Local Views” from our blogger network. We hope you’ll enjoy this first in a series of Future Challenges Readers. This volume is published under a Creative Commons CC […]
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Is there such thing as a dove nation?
Written by Tibor Blažko
Slovaks like to call themselves a dove nation – simply because some people tend to think that doves (and dolphins too) are peaceful beings. It doesn’t mean that we refuse to fight, just that we usually do not attack first, at least not alone. With our partners, however, we do […]
