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Fair Observer 18 June 2013 Since Saddam Hussein's fall in 2003, "an estimated 4 million Iraqis of all sectarian identities and social classes have fled the country...

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Project Syndicate 18 June 2013 New blog post: Michael Heller examines economic risk and danger.

"21st Century Risk and Danger" by Michael Heller

Fair Observer 18 June 2013 "Is it time the Indian government repealed the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act in Kashmir? The provisions of the AFSPA allo

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Project Syndicate 18 June 2013 Why has the Jordanian Press & Publications Department recently blocked nearly 300 news websites? "The Internet has proved to be a powerful

"The New Arab Censors" by Daoud Kuttab

Project Syndicate 18 June 2013 "Although open labor migration would bring massive economic benefits, it inspires fear among source and destination countries alike. A "reve

"Insuring Immigration" by Anu Bradford

Project Syndicate 18 June 2013 New blog post: Why would Congress turn over to Citigroup its responsibility for writing financial services legislation? "A bank having a hi

"Why Let a Bank Write U.S. Financial Reform Legislation?" by Steven Strauss

Fair Observer 18 June 2013 Sri Lankan Refugees: Voyages of Uncertainty "Even after the end of civil war in Sri Lanka, the fate of its ethnic Tamil refugees remains

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Project Syndicate 18 June 2013 "Latin America and the United States have experienced what one could call a series of “marijuana moments” over the past few weeks. Given

"Four Marijuana Moments" by Jorge G. Castañeda

Project Syndicate 18 June 2013 From our archive: What are the proper limits of religious freedom? "Marianne Thieme, leader of the Party for the Animals in the Netherland

"The Use and Abuse of Religious Freedom" by Peter Singer

Project Syndicate 18 June 2013 "During a hearing on the constitutionality of the ECB’s measures to prevent the eurozone from falling apart, Andreas Vosskuhle, President

Europe’s Economic Groupthink by Hans-Helmut Kotz

Fair Observer 18 June 2013 "Hassan Rouhani’s surprising first round victory in the presidential elections represents a significant shift in the Iranian political lan

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Fair Observer 18 June 2013 "For around 22 years, approximately 100,000 internally displaced people from the Northern Province in Sri Lanka have been languishing in cam

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Fair Observer 17 June 2013 What Britain thinks about refugees

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Fair Observer 17 June 2013 Understanding, Inclusion, and Respect of Human Dignity. "Refugee Week is an annual celebration of the continued cultural, academic, and art

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Project Syndicate 17 June 2013 New blog post: Christopher Mahoney on why the US fiscal crisis is far from over.

"The U.S. Fiscal Crisis Is Not Over" by Christopher T. Mahoney

Project Syndicate 17 June 2013 "People who are lower on the socioeconomic ladder have shorter and less healthy lives than those on higher rungs. In the last few decades, s

"Only the Poor Die Young" by Johan P. Mackenbach

Fair Observer 17 June 2013 Refugees in Africa's Great Lakes Region: A Perpetual State of Exile Jean-Marc is Burundian by nationality, but has never lived in Burundi.

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Project Syndicate 17 June 2013 Bjørn Lomborg: "We often hear how the world as we know it will end, usually through ecological collapse. Indeed, more than 40 years after t

"The Limits to Panic" by Bjørn Lomborg

Fair Observer 17 June 2013 Today, Fair Observer is launching a special week-long series of analyses from across the globe to mark the World Refugee Day on June 20. Fro

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Project Syndicate 17 June 2013 Published two years ago today: Guy Verhofstadt, former Belgian Prime Minister, examines the lessons to be learnt from Europe's financial cri

"The Economic Governance the EU Needs" by Guy Verhofstadt

Project Syndicate 17 June 2013 From our archive: "The capitalist system has been corrupted. The managerial state has assumed responsibility for looking after everything fr

"Blaming Capitalism for Corporatism" by Saifedean Ammous and Edmund S. Phelps

Fair Observer 17 June 2013 Myth 6: "You will be Living in Paris in a Swank Apartment This one should be a no-brainer — although I am still amazed by how many people

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Fair Observer 16 June 2013 Check out the first of a two part series as Brandon Scott, an independent contractor with over 13 years of experience in the field, breaks d

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