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APR 15, 2013 Journal Online Exclusive

The Resource Curse and the Separation of Powers

The resource curse is a complex problem that affects a great many. It has rightly occupied an important place in debates about global justice. Creating ...

CREDIT:  <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Religious_syms_gold.svg">Wikimedia Commons</a>, multiple authors.

APR 11, 2013 Article

Years Later, Secular Student Group Recognized On A Religious Campus: Here's How It Happened

In order to be truly inclusive, interfaith dialogue and collaboration must also include those without faith.

The Undivided Past

APR 11, 2013 Article

Book Review: "The Undivided Past: Humanity Beyond Our Differences"

"The Undivided Past" aims to show that "the most resonant forms of human solidarity," as author David Cannadine elegantly puts it, are unstable and often ...

Anti-Morsy Graffiti.CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/drumzo/8264591190/">Jonathan Rashad</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en"">CC</a>)

APR 9, 2013 Article

Why Dictators Don't Like Jokes

Pro-democracy activists around the world are discovering that humor is one of the most powerful weapons in the fight against authoritarianism.

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/marine_corps/5001407428/">U.S. Marine Corps</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

APR 9, 2013 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Social Covenants Must Precede Social Contracts

Fragile states that do not first forge a social covenant will later find it difficult to codify justice in a social contract.

CREDIT: <a href="http://argothemovie.warnerbros.com/#gallery" "target=parent">Warner Bros. Pictures</a>

APR 3, 2013 Article

Ethics on Film: Discussion of "Argo"

"Argo," which tells the story of a creative and daring escape from revolution-era Iran, won the Oscar for Best Picture and was a resounding commercial ...

APR 1, 2013 Journal

Spring 2013 (27.1)

This issue features an essay by Shefa Siegel on the missing ethics of mining; a Carnegie Council Centennial special section on "Just War and Its ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/brentolson/3383874755/">Brent Olson</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

MAR 26, 2013 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Sustainable, Happy, Efficient: A Complete Indicator of Well-being

Only through a composite metric of progress and happiness can governments measure and deliver what matters most: sustainable well-being.

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/worldeconomicforum/8416120691/">World Economic Forum</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

MAR 22, 2013 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Will Global Voluntarism Supersede Rule of Law?

The World Economic Forum is advocating a move toward coalitions of the willing and able for solving global problems. Will it work?

CREDIT:  <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kk/3638390114/">Kris Krug</a>, <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en">(CC)</a>

MAR 21, 2013 Article

Is China Taking the Right Cues From History?

Signs suggest that China's new president Xi Jinping will be inclined to double down on communist orthodoxy, based on his reading of the history of ...