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On October 22, the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies presented a guest lecture by James Tabery, PhD, MA, assistant professor of Philosophy and member of the Division of Medical Ethics and Humanities at the University of Utah. Dr. Tabery's lecture was entitled "A 'Genetic Predisposition' to Violence? The Dangers of Misconstruing the Gene-Brain-Behavior Relationship." Click below to watch a video of the event.
Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Senior Fellow Amb. David Smith has been keeping a close eye on France's proposal to sell Mistral amphibious assault ships to Russia. Amb. Smith, the Director of the Georgian Security Analysis Center in Tbilisi, writes in a recent issue of the publication Tabula that should the Russian navy acquire the ships, they would be "an ideal weapon for Russia to intimidate its neighbors in the Black Sea, the Baltic and in the western Pacific." But progress on the ship deal hasn't been all smooth sailing. And Amb. Smith notes that if the deal runs aground now, Georgia and other nations would breathe a sigh of relief. Click below to read the article in full.
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The Potomac Institute Press is pleased to announce that the new edition of Best Available Science: Fundamental Metrics for Evaluation of Scientific Claims is now available for purchase on Amazon.com. Click here to access order page.
In this updated and revised edition of Best Available Science: Fundamental Metrics for Evaluation of Scientific Claims, authors A. Alan Moghissi, Michael Swetnam, Betty R. Love and Sorin R. Straja draw on their decades of experience to provide straightforward, easy-to-understand guidance for policymakers tasked with evaluating scientific claims. Scientists and non-scientists alike will find the step-by-method outlined here to be invaluable in a world where new scientific developments are reported at a breathtaking pace.
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