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MAR 27, 2012 Journal

The Dialogue of Global Ethics

True to the spirit of Isaiah Berlin, Ignatieff’s is a cosmopolitanism shorn of any totalizing impulse. Its ultimate value is dialogue; its ultimate requirement ...

MAR 27, 2012 Journal

Toward a Global Ethic

In this essay I will not address the content of a global ethic—that is, the particular rights and responsibilities it assigns—but shall instead ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/zoetnet/5673319519/in/photostream/" target=_blank">zoetnet</a>, The Netherlands

MAR 21, 2012 Article

Europe's Far Right Goes Mainstream: The Failure of Multiculturalism?

What explains the far right's resurgence across Europe? Despite the perceived failures of multiculturalism, the continent should do more to understand why xenophobia remains so ...

Every Nation For Itself

MAR 13, 2012 Article

In A G-Zero World, It's Every Nation For Itself

The new book by Carnegie Council Trustee Ian Bremmer provides a fresh perspective on world politics, writes reviewer Devin Stewart. Some of his conclusions are ...

MAR 13, 2012 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Fruits of Our Labor

Through cultivation of organic mango orchards, Adivasi families in India have been able to build sustainable income and supply the processed-food markets.

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/worldbank/6171874433/">World Bank</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

MAR 12, 2012 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Do World Bank Country Classifications Hurt the Poor?

The incoming World Bank president should create a more sophisticated system for classifying countries as low or middle income, using broad development indicators.

Ex-child soldier in Uganda reads to his comrades. <br>CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18199113@N02/1986610953/in/photostream/" target=_blank">Robin Yamaguchi </a>

MAR 9, 2012 Article

Blind to Reality: Invisible Children and the LRA

The Kony 2012 documentary is over a decade too late, says Steven Costello. Promoting a "save the children" storyline (complete with a Joseph Kony awareness bracelet ...

Vladimir Putin. CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/worldeconomicforum/3488070937/" target=_blank">World Economic Forum, 2009</a>

MAR 9, 2012 Article

Russia Bulletin (2012): Russia Bulletin, Issue 4

What's the real deal on the elections? What of Kremlin attacks on election monitors and protestors? How will the United States and the West best ...