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	<title>Future Atlas &#187; Governance</title>
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		<title>Beyond Af-Pak and Yem-Som</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2010/01/06/beyond-af-pak-and-yem-som/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2010/01/06/beyond-af-pak-and-yem-som/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islam]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yemen has now joined the list of prominent theaters in the battle against Islamist extremism.  This is no surprise to anyone who had noted its place in governance rankings.
Where next?  Here&#8217;s the basic list: the 20 least-stable countries in the world, with those in play in that battle in red, and others with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fighting for Human Rights with Technology</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2009/10/22/fighting-for-human-rights-with-technology/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2009/10/22/fighting-for-human-rights-with-technology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:51:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>

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		<title>Battling the &#8220;Responsibility to Protect&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/29/battling-the-responsibility-to-protect/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/29/battling-the-responsibility-to-protect/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humanitarian intervention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International system]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Economist reports that the concept of &#8220;responsibility to protect&#8221; &#8212; the idea that countries have a responsibility and right to protect people when their own governments cannot or will not &#8212; is facing increased resistance at the UN.
Smaller Third World countries such as Nicaragua are leading the counterattack, characterizing the notion instead as the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latin America: Coups No Longer Normal</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/06/latin-america-coups-no-longer-normal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/06/latin-america-coups-no-longer-normal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:27:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latin America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Values]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The response to the removal of Honduras&#8217; president by the country&#8217;s military illustrates an important change: democracy is now the norm in Latin America.
This is a stark change from the past, when coups were common and brutal human rights violations were the norm for even ostensibly democratic states.  And the clear American response also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dyschronicity: Hunting Witches in Africa</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/21/dyschronicity-hunting-witches-in-africa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/21/dyschronicity-hunting-witches-in-africa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dyschronicity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governance]]></category>

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		<title>Governed and ungoverned spaces</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2008/11/23/governed-and-ungoverned-spaces/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2008/11/23/governed-and-ungoverned-spaces/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mapping]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Somali pirates seizing ships on the high seas and militias driving hundreds of thousands from their homes in the Congo are prime examples of what happens when there is too little government to manage even basic control of a country.
FutureAtlas has a new issue page examining just this issue; see the page for a larger [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is democracy inevitable?</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2008/05/31/is-democracy-inevitable/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2008/05/31/is-democracy-inevitable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 22:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Governance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Atlantic recently asked its panel of 40 foreign policy experts about prospects for democracy, publishing the results in March.
One question&#8211;do you believe the proliferation of democratic government is inevitable in the long run?&#8211;yielded these results:

63% &#8212; no
38% &#8212; yes

Skeptics&#8217; comments included these:

&#8220;We seem to have forgotten that democracy is an organic phenomenon&#8211;that &#8230; it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Endangered: African mountain gorillas</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2007/07/22/endangered-african-mountain-gorillas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2007/07/22/endangered-african-mountain-gorillas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2007 19:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Governance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Weak governance and warfare in Africa chronically threaten the continent&#8217;s wildlife.
The Washington Post today notes a particularly dire case, the loss of mountain gorillas in barely-governed Congo.  More than half of the world&#8217;s 700 remaining mountain gorillas are in Congo&#8217;s Virunga National Park.
Gorillas in Uganda are doing somewhat better, but their population is still [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The China model: &#8220;wealth without liberty&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2007/05/20/the-china-model-wealth-without-liberty/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2007/05/20/the-china-model-wealth-without-liberty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2007 21:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Writing in the Post, James Mann argues that China is increasingly a political model for the world, combining an authoritarian system with successful wealth creation.
He notes that the Chinese middle class is content with or at least acquiescent to the current system, indicating &#8220;that a nation&#8217;s elite can be bought off with comfortable apartments, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>African governance: rewarding competence</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2006/11/30/african-governance-rewarding-competence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2006/11/30/african-governance-rewarding-competence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2006 03:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Such are the depths of corruption and power-abuse in Africa that a Sudanese mobile phone billionaire is offering an annual $5 million prize to a freely elected leader who governs well and hands over power to an elected successor.
He is thus offering positive reinforcement to oversight and other tools.
Skeptics might wonder if $5 million is [...]]]></description>
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