In this Issue

Table of Contents

A Conversation with Robert Kirkpatrick, Director of United Nations Global Pulse

Robert Kirkpatrick
pp. 3-8
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sais.2014.0007
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Big Data, Selection Bias, and the Statistical Patterns of Mortality in Conflict

Megan Price, Patrick Ball
pp. 9-20
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sais.2014.0010
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Using Big Data and Quantitative Methods to Estimate and Fight Modern Day Slavery

Monti Narayan Datta
pp. 21-33
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sais.2014.0013
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A Conversation with Arch Puddington, Vice President for Research at Freedom House

Arch Puddington
pp. 35-39
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sais.2014.0016
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A Deterioration of Democracy?: Corruption, Transparency, and Apathy in the Western World

Rachel Ostrow
pp. 41-44
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sais.2014.0000
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The Politics of Numbers: Controversy Surrounding the Thai Rice-pledging Scheme

Pongkwan Sawasdipakdi
pp. 45-58
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sais.2014.0003
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Open Data Policy Improves Democracy

Ian Kalin
pp. 59-70
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sais.2014.0006
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Open Governments, Open Data: A New Lever for Transparency, Citizen Engagement, and Economic Growth

Joel Gurin
pp. 71-82
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sais.2014.0009
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Open Governments, Open Data: Getting the Technological Toolkits Right

Mike Nguyen
pp. 83-86
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sais.2014.0012
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Bridging the Innovation-Policy Gap

Kord Davis
pp. 87-92
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sais.2014.0015
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Fast Data, Slow Policy: Making the Most of Disruptive Innovation

Aniket Bhushan
pp. 93-107
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sais.2014.0018
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Big Data Custodianship in a Global Society

Chris Poulin
pp. 109-116
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sais.2014.0002
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The Limits of Big Data

Christine Croft
pp. 117-120
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sais.2014.0005
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Harnessing Data for National Security

David Rubin, Kim Lynch, Jason Escaravage, Hillary Lerner
pp. 121-128
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sais.2014.0008
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China’s Beidou: Implications for the Individual and the State

Eric Hagt
pp. 129-140
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sais.2014.0011
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Understanding Interconnectivity of the Global Undersea Cable Communications Infrastructure and its Implications for International Cyber Security

Margaret Ross
pp. 141-155
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sais.2014.0014
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A Dangerous Trade-off : Policymaking in the Era of Big Data

Ilaria Mazzocco
pp. 157-159
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sais.2014.0017
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A Prophet for the Digital Heretics: Evgeny Morozov’s Quest to Debunk Silicon Valley Solutionism

Bartholomew Thanhauser
pp. 161-164
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sais.2014.0001
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Foreword

Meghan Kleinsteiber, Lauren Caldwell
pp. 1-2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sais.2014.0004
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