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Recent Articles
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Building a Stable Syria: The Omani Model
July 01, 2026
by- Christian Voelker
This article examines how Oman’s sectarian plurality among its citizen population, dating back to the founding of the Sultanate in 1970 under Sultan Qaboos after a British-backed coup, remains stable. We'll also use Yemen, since its founding as the Republic of Yemen in 1990, as a counterexample to Oman to illustrate how politicized identity structures can lead to disaster. We'll then examine how thesee two case studies can inform the reform of a post-Assad Syria toward long-term stability.
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To Prevent Violence in Schools in India, We Must Invest in Boys
May 27, 2026
by- Akshay Narayanan
If we want to reduce violence against all children today and interpersonal, gender-based violence in the future, we must work directly with boys, the group most often turning to violence as a tool of communication.
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The Silent Algorithm: Why U.S. Public AI Needs Democratic Guardrails
May 27, 2026
by- Omri Attar
From tax enforcement and welfare allocation to immigration assessments and predictive policing, algorithms are increasingly embedded in the decisions that affect people’s rights, access, and daily lives.






