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Anti-Assad Protest. CREDIT: <a href=http://www.flickr.com/photos/omarsc/6842564733/>Omar Chatriwala</a> <a href=http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en>(CC)</a>

AUG 30, 2012 Article

Syria and the Arab Spring: Unintended Consequences?

It is easy to seek to add Assad to the list of toppled despots, from Tunisia to Egypt to Yemen to Libya. But it would ...

Yukichi Fukuzawa. CREDIT: <a href=http://www.flickr.com/photos/naoyafujii/3292444763>Naoya Fujii</a> <a href=http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en>(CC)</a>

AUG 30, 2012 Article

Home Alone?

What is it like to be liberal in East Asia? Is liberalism a specifically Western ideology, or does it embody universal norms? The old dispute ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/theklan/1138643956/">Mr. Theklan</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

AUG 27, 2012 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Policy Simulations Could Help Combat Sex Trafficking

Through virtual simulation of anti-trafficking policies, enforcement agencies would get a better grasp on how to target their efforts.

AUG 24, 2012 Article

The Last Protestant?

The 2012 presidential election is surprising in one important respect. Protestants of various sects dominated national leadership until John F. Kennedy broke the barrier in 1960. Yet ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/6599527711/">Pete Souza/ The White House</a> (<a href="http://www.usa.gov/copyright.shtml">CC</a>)

AUG 24, 2012 Article

The Last Protestant?

There is only one Protestant in the highest offices of U.S. politics today: Barack Hussein Obama. This new religious diversity is unpalatable to some, ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ooocha/3059640405/lightbox/">U.S. Navy/Emmitt Hawks</a> (PD).

AUG 23, 2012 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: New Approaches to Humanitarian Migration

Many people cross international borders because their lives have been ruined by an earthquake, flood, drought, or hurricane. But they face a black hole of ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/billburris/2271319929/">Bill Burris</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

AUG 15, 2012 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Repairing the Shattered Sky

A new film looks at American leadership during the ozone crisis and compares it to the situation with global warming today. The clock is ticking ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.piscespacific.org/livesite/">PISCES Project</a>

AUG 13, 2012 Article

Technology for Development: Why Training Trumps Technology

An innovative project is bringing a "Solar-Computer-Lab-in-a-Box," along with solar-powered Internet, to a tiny, off-the-grid Pacific island. But while the technology is exciting, it's not ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42507736@N02/5842782525/in/photostream">Steve Dunleavy</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

AUG 10, 2012 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Can Bioregionalism Go Global Before Collapse?

Bioregionalism proposes an alternative future in which overconsumption is drastically reduced, the natural environment is preserved, and proactive measures are taken to provide basic needs.

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42507736@N02/5981411543/in/photostream/">Steve Dunleavy</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

AUG 9, 2012 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: The Practice of Bioregionalism

Through local governance, appropriate technologies, and the occasional confederation for solving big problems, bioregionalism promotes human flourishing along with natural sustainability.