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Editorial Policy

http://cgsd.rutgers.edu is designed to provide an efficient clearing house for information relevant to scholars, practitioners, students and activists working in the global arena. We aim to do so through:

• Technology
• Connectedness
• Information coordination
• Resource coordination

In order to further these goals, CGSD has adopted the following editorial policy:

1. The site will concentrate on information relevant to the interconnected development of security and democracy and the local, national, regional and global levels.
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3. The site will not endorse political candidates, but we encourage the use of our site as a forum for lively political debate. We welcome all political persuasions.
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