Building a Business Ecosystem in Somalia | The Case for Business Associations
on March 4, 2015Business associations can be an effective tool for facilitating good governance, but are an often incorrectly understood concept even by individuals close to the institutions. This paper introduces the potential benefit in the formation of business associations and provides a discussion about the challenges to business associations in post-con
Powering Progress: The Potential Of Renewable Energy In Somalia
Written by Jami Nelson Nuñez on March 4, 2015This report describes the evolving landscape of energy in the country and outlines the burden of limited electricity services and extremely high tariffs on households, businesses, and the environment.
The Role of Business in the Responsibility to Protect
Written by One Earth Future on December 19, 2014This policy brief is based on “The Role of Business in the Responsibility to Protect,” a chapter which appeared in The Responsibility to Protect and the Third Pillar: Legitimacy and Operationalization.
Votes and violence: Pursuing terrorism while navigating politics
Written by Lindsay Heger on December 5, 2014Many of the world’s most infamous terrorist organizations demonstrate clear political aptitude, maintaining highly successful political parties while simultaneously carrying out terrorist attacks. Yet the relationship between terrorism and a group’s political fortune is unclear.
A Gap Exists! (But it is Smaller and More Specific Than You Think)
Written by Chris Cyr, Lindsay Heger on November 7, 2014In recent decades, many who are involved in international relations and foreign policy have bemoaned the increasing divide between what practitioners do and the issues scholars research. Accusations from both sides have detailed what appear to be entrenched institutional cultures with few possibilities for change.
Cooperation and Competition in Large Classrooms
Written by Joseph Kim, Peter Taylor, Pat Barclay on October 23, 2014Instructors of large classes often face challenges with student motivation. The classroom incentive structure – grades, extra credit, and instructor and peer acknowledgement – may shape student motivations to engage in their studies.
Why Govern? The Strategic, Functional, and Normative Logics of Global Governance
Written by Amitav Acharya, Blake Berger, Goueun Lee, Kate Tennis on September 28, 2014Global governance is one of the most critical subjects in international relations scholarship and policymaking today.
Policy Brief: Corporate Social Responsibility and the Responsibility to Protect
Written by One Earth Future on August 27, 2014An OEF Research report authored by Ken Scott and Laura Rhodes reviewed international and national legal systems, laws, and practices regarding applicable norms and corporate responsibilities related to human rights abuses, and more specifically, mass atrocities.