Tag Archive: Conflict and Security

The Tech Challenge for Atrocity Prevention

Do you think you have an idea to prevent mass atrocities? USAID wants to pay you to hear about them! Visit the website (here) to find out more about how to enter and compete for cash prizes. This is also a great way to build a resume.  

Student Spotlight: Dinka Dumicic

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“The main focus of the performance was to tackle the notions of autonomy and decision making process within the machine in relation to human beings. The starting point was to problematize the binary nature of the flying device juxtaposed to the human nature that is far more complex than just ones and zeroes. ” – Dinka Dumicic

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Student Spotlight: Joe Bussing

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“Globalization has changed more than where we get our technology products; it has fundamentally changed the nature of warfare.” – Joe Bussing

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IRC: Community-Based Refugee Organizations

Media Report Presentation Team Rebecca Murray Vida Mulec Brendan Harley Nayla Chacra Organization International Rescue Committee (IRC) About The four- person research team from the New School Practicum in International Affairs selected eight refugee populations who were resettled in the U.S. over varying lengths of time.  They are Bosnians, Congolese, Ethiopians, Hmong, Iraqis, Kosovar Albanians, …

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Independent Diplomat: Somaliland’s Struggle for Recognition

Media Report Presentation Team Leila Tayeb Christina Kiel Sarwat Hameed Vishakha Apte Organization Independent Diplomat About Although Somaliland’s moral and legal validity for statehood recognition is strong and substantiated, pursuing recognition through reference to moral and legal arguments has proved thus far unsuccessful. Most governments still largely ignore this de facto state’s success and the broader international public …

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