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What is Essential is Invisible to the Eye: November 2010
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What is Essential is Invisible to the Eye. Politics, Economics, Development, Foreign Aid, Life, the Universe and Everything. Saturday, November 13, 2010. Genocide Memorial at Nymata, Rwanda. In the local language. The clouds threatened to rain but never did. I thought, "This could almost pass for Uganda." Then we arrived at the Ntarama Memorial Center. I've tried several times to write about the last two buildings in the compound. I can't. It's too horrible. I've done quite a bit of reading a...I think I...
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What is Essential is Invisible to the Eye: September 2008
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What is Essential is Invisible to the Eye. Politics, Economics, Development, Foreign Aid, Life, the Universe and Everything. Friday, September 19, 2008. I think I should write a bit about what I hope to do with this blog. I realize that this blog is one of millions out there. My audience in the best case scenario will probably still be quite small. Nevertheless, I think I still have some useful things to say. Hopefully, anyone who reads this will agree. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
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Thinking about shooting an elephant | Paul Musgrave
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Political Science and International Relations. Thinking about shooting an elephant. Don’t worry. Not you. Via Flickr user Brittany H. When I started doing international relations professionally, I subscribed to many beliefs I no longer hold. One such belief was the idea that states are the principal actors in international relations, and that as a consequence. IR scholars study what states are and what states do. These thoughts come to mind because I recently reread “ Shooting an Elephant. 8220;, an essa...
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Minding the Gaps | Paul Musgrave
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Political Science and International Relations. Gaps have been identified, but they are no longer being filled! Data, obviously, from Google’s N-Grams. Note that advisers and editors appear to have been better able to communicate that scholars shouldn’t justify their work as “filling a gap” but they can still justify a project by identifying a gap.). This entry was posted in Uncategorized. October 6, 2014. The Successes of the Failed State of Texas. The Credibility of the Dark Side →. Cowen & Tabarrok.
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Lifeline | Paul Musgrave
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Political Science and International Relations. The terms of the Creative Commons license impel me to explain the banner image on this Web site in somewhat greater detail. Picturesque spots in the developing world. Picturesque spots in Western Europe. One must be very senior indeed to admit to an interest in, say, ham radio. Evansville, Indiana (picture of Vanderburgh County Courthouse by Flickr user cmh2315fl. Shanghai, P.R. China (Oriental Pearl Radio and Television Tower by Flickr user setiadi. Indulgi...
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The Credibility of the Dark Side | Paul Musgrave
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Political Science and International Relations. The Credibility of the Dark Side. Or a trait of an actor? Is it entirely situational? Is it conditional on a combination of actors’ incentives and type? It’s in that spirit that I want to investigate why anyone would ever trust Darth Vader–and to show why under some circumstances trusting a Sith Lord is the rational choice. In the trilogy, people do. Recurs in the Sith master-apprentice relationship in an unusually severe fashion. Nevertheless, the Emper...
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What is Essential is Invisible to the Eye: Rwanda, Rwanda
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What is Essential is Invisible to the Eye. Politics, Economics, Development, Foreign Aid, Life, the Universe and Everything. Tuesday, November 9, 2010. The Centre had a special exhibit dedicated to the children victims. They had profiles for a dozen children including: pictures, names, ages, favorite things and last words. Some of the last words are haunting:. Don't worry, UNAMIR [the UN] will save us.". Mom, where can I hide to be safe? November 11, 2010 at 4:52 AM. November 11, 2010 at 5:02 AM. Nymata ...
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Nachspiel at Polemarchus' » Slow growth creates inequality or the other way around?
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Nachspiel at Polemarchus'. Slow growth creates inequality or the other way around? August 26, 2012. Posted by Sverre in : Political economy. Through the Twitter account of Gudmund Hernes, I became aware of a very interesting and thought provoking piece by Alexander Stille. These are but a few of many thought-provoking points. Some of the last paragraphs are particularly interesting, about the consequences of these insights:. Indeed, Piketty argues that our obsession with growth merely serves as an excuse...
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Nachspiel at Polemarchus' » We killed the bastard! Let’s party….?
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Nachspiel at Polemarchus'. We killed the bastard! Let’s party…? May 2, 2011. Posted by Sverre in : Human rights. So, Osama bin Laden is dead. The most hated man in the western hemisphere has been brought down. Justice is served. Or is it? If we take a step back from the thrill of the moment and examine the facts, what has really happened here? Official word from the US Government is also that the. Mission was to kill. It also seems that the aim has been to kill him, not a serious attempt to capture.
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Nachspiel at Polemarchus' » Political behavior
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Nachspiel at Polemarchus'. The opposite reaction to terror. September 22, 2011. Posted by Sverre in : Human rights. Norwegian newspapers today report. The following: A month after the terror at Oslo and Utøya, a group of researchers from the University of Bergen repeated three of the survey questions they asked Norwegians as part of the International Social Survey Programme. They asked the following questions (english translations from ISSP documentation):. 2006: 53 % yes – 2011: 50 % yes. August 5, 2009.
