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YouTube screenshot of "Happy" Iranians.

MAY 30, 2014 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: A Dangerous Dance in Modern Iran

Any stirring of excitement about change in Iran needs to be tempered by the reality that change will never come from the current leadership.

MAY 29, 2014 Journal Online Exclusive

"Fairness and its Opposite": International Student Photo Contest

Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs announces its second annual International Student Photography Contest.

Joel Rosenthal headshot. CREDIT: Anadolu Agency

MAY 28, 2014 Article

Sarajevo is a Symbol: Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Assassination

In this interview with the Turkish news organization Andalou Agency, Carnegie Council President Joel Rosenthal explains the reasons behind the Council's upcoming visit to Sarajevo ...

MAY 21, 2014 Journal Online Exclusive

The Long Shadow: David Reynolds on World War I

For Reynolds, many of our contemporary problems have roots in what George Kennan called the "great seminal catastrophe" of the twentieth century: World War I.

MAY 21, 2014 Article

"The Past is Another Country:" The Epic Battle for the Civil Rights Act

The 1964 Civil Rights Act was a triumph of one vision--one history--of one America over another. Clay Risen's "The Bill of the Century: The Epic Battle ...

Photo of Singapore postcard by Michael Schneider and photo of Staten Island Ferry postcard by Adam79 (www.flickr.com) (CC)

MAY 21, 2014 Article

The Little Red Dot and the Land of the Free: Singapore and the United States

What defines your country? How do you perceive someone from a totally different background? Who would have guessed that an exchange between a Singaporean and ...

CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/tenaciousme/3651852218">tenaciousme</a> (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">CC</a>).

MAY 21, 2014 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Reducing Emissions Is a Sure Bet for Caesars Entertainment

As a member of the EDF Climate Corps, Scott Miller was able to squeeze even more efficiency out of the lights and fountains of Las ...

CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/africa-renewal/5099722181">Africa Renewal</a> (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/">CC</a>)

MAY 21, 2014 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: 3 Tools for Turning Fragile States into Inclusive Societies

In Seth Kaplan's new book he identifies three tools for successful development in fragile states: social cohesion, an inclusive ideology, and incentives for elites.

MAY 19, 2014 Article

The Long Shadow: David Reynolds on World War I

David Reynolds discusses the different ways the carnage of World War I is memorialized in Europe and its different long-term effects on Western and Eastern ...

CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/narendramodiofficial/12231286173/">Narendra Modi</a> (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/">CC</a>).

MAY 14, 2014 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Islamophobia Is Not Just a Western Problem

The success of nationalists in India's election shows how easily an intricate social fabric can be rent for political purposes.