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State Borders Keep Children From Families

01.30.16

BY JENN MENN This piece appeared in our 2015 print journal. You can order your copy here. Introduction to the foster care crisis In the whirl of a brief phone call, a social worker’s car doors shutting in the driveway, and signing a custody paper like a FedEx package, I became mom to three little strangers. […]

Social Policy

Interview with Ambassador Francis Riccardione: Examining Turkey as a Model for Democracy

01.29.16

In Fall 2015, JMEPP Co-Editor-in-Chief Kevin Moss interviewed Amb. Francis Riccardione, the former U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and Atlantic Council Vice President and Director of the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East. Below is an excerpt from the interview on the role of Turkey in serving as a model for democracy in the region. For the full interview, please listen […]

Democracy and Governance

How Technology Is Shaping Thought Leadership In Africa

01.27.16

Leadership is replacing Africa rising as the new meme for Africa.  Fellowships, conferences and think tanks are all geared at building a new generation of African leaders armed with smartphones and tablets.   By simple definition, a leader directs or guides a group of people for a certain purpose. However, the contemporary leader is the thought […]

Media

Governments and NGOs in the Mekong Need to More Proactively Develop the Fishing Sector

01.25.16

BY LESTER ANG John Hemke (not his real name) runs an international consultancy that advises Southeast Asian governments on strategies to develop their fishing industries for export. Hemke has been doing this for the past two decades, and he often describes his recent encounters with the respective fishery officials as nothing short of déjà vu. […]

Business and Regulation

The Myth of Entrepreneurship: We Are Not All Created Entrepreneurs

01.25.16

As I write this from Nairobi, Kenya, we are still basking in the warm and rosy glow of something approaching love as we remember with fondness President Obama’s recent visit. One of the big-ticket items during the President’s visit was his attendance of the seventh edition of the annual Global Entrepreneurship Summit. Of course, most […]

Development and Economic Growth

Space Technology Trends and Implications for National Security

01.24.16

BY JESSE HAMPTON This piece appeared in our 2015 print journal. You can order your copy here.  The democratization of space is already underway. The 21st century is witnessing a rapid acceleration in both the development of space and satellite technology and the availability of this technology to countries, corporations, and in­­­dividuals. Advances in technology allow […]

A Conversation with Elysia Chandler of the GLBT Commission for Senior Healthcare and Housing of Cambridge, Massachusetts

01.14.16

I had the pleasure to sit down with Elysia Chandler, who recently authored the City of Cambridge’s first report on healthcare for LGBTQ seniors in Cambridge.  In 2014, Elysia and the Cambridge GLBT Commission began assessing how the policies and practices of healthcare organizations in Cambridge support the needs of LGBTQ seniors.  Released late last […]

Interview with Minister Hedi Larbi: International Monetary Institutions and Reform in Tunisia

01.8.16

In Fall 2015, JMEPP Co-Editor-in-Chief Kristin Wagner interviewed Hedi Larbi, Former Minister of Economic Infrastructure and Sustainable Development and a visiting scholar at the Middle East Initiative at Harvard’s Belfer Center. Below is an excerpt from the interview on the role of international monetary institutions in contributing to Tunisia’s future prospects. Other topics covered include measuring Tunisia’s success […]

Public Finance

The Fed’s Unwarranted Optimism about 2016

01.6.16

BY KAVI PATEL Backed by a 10-0 vote at the December 2015 Federal Open Market Committee Policy meeting, the Federal Reserve decided to increase the target Federal Funds interest rates by .25 percent for the first time since 2006. Chair Janet Yellen reaffirmed her confidence in the U.S. economy in a press conference that followed, and […]

Development and Economic Growth

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