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Released: 12-Sep-2016 2:05 PM EDT
U.S. Rules for Targeted Killing Using Drones Need Clarifying
RAND Corporation

Current U.S. policies on using drones for targeted killing are characterized by ambiguities in interpretations of international law and too many generalities, despite recent efforts by the Obama administration to clarify the policies, a new RAND Corporation report finds.

Released: 31-Aug-2016 6:05 PM EDT
What Do Pope Francis and Xi Jinping Have in Common?
University of California, Irvine

China scholar and commentator Jeffrey Wasserstrom, chancellor's professor of history at the University of California, Irvine, offers fresh and surprising ways to look at China.

26-Aug-2016 4:30 PM EDT
Creation of Coinage Monetary System May Signal ISIS under Stress
University of California, Riverside

ISIS' introduction of a coin-based monetary system may indicate a regime in distress and needing to easily launder its wealth.

Released: 21-Jun-2016 4:05 PM EDT
Countdown to Brexit: Impacts on the Economy
Syracuse University

British citizens have a weighty decision this week. Stay in or leave the European Union (EU), the economic and political union composed of 28 European countries that they have been part of for decades. Tom Barkley, a British citizen and professor of finance practice and director of the M.S. in finance program and in the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, discusses what might happen and what he’ll be looking for as the votes are counted.

Released: 21-Apr-2016 2:05 PM EDT
Tighter Enforcement Along the US-Mexico Border Backfired, Researchers Find
Princeton University

The rapid escalation of border enforcement over the past three decades has backfired as a strategy to control undocumented immigration between Mexico and the United States, according to new research that suggests further militarization of the border is a waste of money.



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