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JUN 26, 2014 Article

We Have a Plan: From Sarajevo to Baghdad

How should we mark the 100th anniversary of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the event that led to WWI? Here in Sarajevo, remembering its ...

JUN 26, 2014 Article

We Have a Plan: From Sarajevo to Baghdad

SARAJEVO, BOSNIA, AND HERZEGOVINA – How should we mark the 100th anniversary of the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, the ...

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JUN 25, 2014 Article

The Participation Gap

"Inequality doesn't result only from differences in income or wealth (the focus of French economist Thomas Piketty). It also has a political dimension, fueled by ...

CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/unwomen/8067682747">UN Women / Gaganjit Singh Chandok</a> (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/">CC</a>).

JUN 25, 2014 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Does India Really Need a Women-centric Bank?

With plenty of banks and microfinance services already available, does India's new bank have the right strategy to empower poor and rural women?

JUN 24, 2014 Journal Online Exclusive

What Metrics for Assessing the Ethics of Intervention?

Despite the predictions of the optimists in both the Bush and Obama administrations, U.S. interventions to remove undeniably brutal dictators from power have not ...

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JUN 20, 2014 Article

Can Japan Change? Yes, It Can!

It may not be a revolution, but change is happening in Japan in important ways. A more open attitude is emerging toward entrepreneurship, global education, ...

JUN 18, 2014 Article

Cataclysm: David Stevenson on World War I as Political Tragedy

David Stevenson discusses the military and political decisions on both sides that led to World War I; the Eastern, Balkan, and Italian Fronts, which are ...

CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/sandialabs/5804732918">Sandia Labs / Randy Montoya</a> (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/">CC</a>).

JUN 18, 2014 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Of Moonshots and Slingshots

Only if policy people and technologists work together better will we change the world in ways that are congruent with our most critical human needs ...

JUN 16, 2014 Article

Do Global Networks Require "Cruise Directors"?

On April 30, 2014, Carnegie Council and the Melton Foundation convened a group of representatives of leading global networks to investigate and share best practices. Read about ...

CREDIT: One Earth Designs.

JUN 16, 2014 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Now They're Cooking: SolSource Harnesses the Himalayan Sun

With a solar cooker designed through community consultation, two young innovators are delivering clean energy to remote mountain villages, as well as your backyard BBQ.