Recent Articles
AUG 8, 2013 • Journal Online Exclusive
What Is American Exceptionalism?
The institutions, processes, and values that have shaped American history, among them the rise of capitalism, the spread of political democracy, the rise and fall ...
AUG 7, 2013 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Corruption along the Vietnam-China Border Permits Massive Smuggling of Endangered Animals
Despite a recent surge in enforcement, more needs to be done to fight bribery and endangered animal smuggling on the porous Vietnam-China border.
AUG 5, 2013 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: The Story of Maria's Libraries
Maria's Libraries is redefining what libraries can do for community development through a connected network of libraries across Kenya.
AUG 1, 2013 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: The 'Copter Will See You Now
As countries develop policies for civilian and commercial drones, it is important to apply ethical standards that are permissive of innovation.
JUL 25, 2013 • Article
Book Review: Colored Cosmopolitanism: The Shared Struggle for Freedom in the United States and India
"South Asians and African Americans learned from each other in ways that not only advanced their respective struggles for freedom but helped define what freedom ...
JUL 24, 2013 • Article
Burma's Reforms and Regional Cooperation in East Asia
"Though the 2010 elections that brought a civilian government to power were not free and fair, the new president, Thein Sein, has embarked upon a path-breaking ...
JUL 24, 2013 • Journal Online Exclusive
Upcoming Conferences of Interest
These upcoming conferences may be of interest to our readers.
JUL 23, 2013 • Article
Now That Abe Won Control of the Government, the True Test of Abenomics Begins
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, his ruling Liberal Democrat Party, and his "Abenomics" economic revitalization platform won solid victories in Japan's recent upper house elections. But ...
JUL 16, 2013 • Journal Online Exclusive
The Flaws in FAO's New Measurements of Hunger
In this Policy Brief, forthcoming in the Fall issue, leading international development specialists critique the methodology used in 2012 by FAO to count the world's hungry. ...
JUL 11, 2013 • Article
Globalization Is the Unsung Champion of the Protests Happening Around the World
Through the late 80s and 90s, protests everywhere from Berlin to Seattle revealed a common target of public unrest: globalization. Now, however, globalization has become ...