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Tverskoy Boulevard, Moscow, by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/serger/4228564541/in/set-72157617558243504/" target=_blank">Sergey Rodovnichenko </a>

MAR 10, 2011 Article

Reflections from Moscow

After a recent visit to Moscow, David Speedie casts a sympathetic eye on Russia's contradictions and societal stresses--with particular focus on its heroin and HIV/...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomchance/1008213420/">Tom Chance</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

MAR 2, 2011 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: 100% Renewable by 20XX

The right mix of technologies and policy tools is lining up to move the world off dirty energy by mid century, but it will take ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lliurealbir/4852902762/">Albir</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

FEB 28, 2011 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Better Safe than Sorry

Corporate executives should never have to apologize for violations when they can instead build global opportunities by advancing human rights.

Collage of Julian Assange, by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/artensoft/5305386172/" target=_blank">Artensoft</a>

FEB 28, 2011 Article

WikiLeaks: An Overview, Part II

Did WikiLeaks really spark the unrest in Tunisia, as Assange and many pundits claim? No, writes Erik Schechter; but it has certainly influenced politics in ...

FEB 24, 2011 Article

WAMC Radio's Alan Chartock Interviews Carnegie Council President Joel Rosenthal

Transcript of interview with Alan Chartock, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, first broadcast on February 24, 2011.  

FEB 23, 2011 Journal Online Exclusive

Interview with John Tessitore, Editor of Ethics & International Affairs

Julia Taylor Kennedy interviews editor John Tessitore on the occasion of the Carnegie Council's upcoming 25th-anniversary edition of its Ethics & International Affairs journal.

Images from left to right:<br><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7c/Otpor.png" target="_blank">Otpor</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:April_6_Youth_Movement.jpg" target="_blank">April 6 Movement</a>; <a href="http://upload.

FEB 18, 2011 Article

From Resistance to Revolution and Back Again: What Egyptian Youth Can Learn From Otpor When Its Activists Leave Tahrir Square

Joksic and Spoerri discuss Otpor, the Serbian youth movement that influenced Egypt's youths. In analyzing the sources of Otpor's ultimate collapse after Milosevic's fall, they ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/toniluca/2351455570/">Toni Lucatorto</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

FEB 17, 2011 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Innovating Sovereign Wealth Funds

As we struggle to tackle financial and ecological sustainability, sovereign wealth funds such as in Alaska deserve far greater attention for positive adoption.

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ciat/5367322642/">International Center for Tropical Agriculture</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

FEB 15, 2011 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Is Famine the New Norm?

If we truly consider world hunger an abomination, and not merely an investment opportunity, big changes need to be made in food policy.

William Lord

FEB 10, 2011 Article

2nd Prize Undergraduate Category, "Making a Difference" Essay Contest, 2011

Sustainability is more complex than just green policy, says William Lord. It is "a state of being in a society where the protection of the ...