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International & Area Studies Skip to main content You are here Home International & Area Studies International & Area Studies A news collective, founded as a blog in 2004, covering war, politics, environment, economy, culture and all the madness The Earth Institute - Columbia University Unearthing a Lost World Before the Dinosaurs Northeast Already Hit by Climate Change, Says Major U.S. Report Denning Will Receive Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching Fostering Peace, Cultivating Justice, Creating a Safer World - Institute for Peace and Justice of the University of San Diego’s Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies News Briefs April 3, 2014 IPJ Links Schools for Peaceconferencing Simulation Partners of the IPJ’s WorldLink program and Nepal Peacebuilding Initiative are teaming up this spring for a peaceconferencing simulation. Using an online platform, students from The Bishop’s School in La Jolla and Budhanilkantha School in Kathmandu, a partner of Today’s Youth Asia (an IPJ local partner), will take the role of different key actors and propose ideas for combatting the issue of human trafficking. Learn More

Center for Hemispheric Policy The Center for Hemispheric Policy examines critical issues affecting countries in the Western Hemisphere through its policy discussions on economic and political developments, business and trade, U.S. policy and security issues. Miami, Florida April 29, 2014 L to R: Erich Arispe, Director, Latin America Sovereign Group, Fitch Ratings, New York, New York; Susan Kaufman Purcell, Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida; Jorge Mario Eastman, President, Eastman Consultores, Bogotá, Colombia; Former Vice Minister of Defense of Colombia; Bruce Bagley; Professor, Department of International Studies, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida April 17, 2014

The Problem / Follow the Money - Investigate any major sector of human activity and you will discover the same people are in control, benefitting financially, literally making out like bandits Investigate any major sector of human activity and you will discover the same people are in control, benefitting financially, literally making out like bandits. Check it out for yourself. By getting a clearer picture of the hidden economic incentives that are driving this unseen robbery, we can create more effective solutions to the problems facing humanity. To learn more about the different levels of the Follow the Money pyramid, click here. For tips on how to follow the money yourself, click here.

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