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Can Social Media Campaigns End Child Labor?

Humphrey Hawksley YaleGlobal, 10 February 2012
Global consumers hold the power to end abuses with informed choice
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China: How to Translate Hard Power at Home Into Soft Power Abroad

Frank Ching YaleGlobal, 8 February 2012
From Confucius to cable TV, China mobilizes all resources to win hearts and minds

Where Will the Muslim Brotherhood Take Egypt’s Economy?

Mohamed El Dahshan YaleGlobal, 6 February 2012
Egypt’s Islamists scramble to develop economic policy staying within the dictates of religion

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Washington Monthly, 7 February 2012
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