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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 ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrispics/15932770/" target="_blank">Chris Walsh (CC)</a>

FEB 29, 2012 Article

Common Good and the Crisis of Globalization

The idea that our self-interests are always bound in some way to the interests of others takes on a new dimension in the age of ...

CREDIT: Kasiisi Porridge Project.

FEB 24, 2012 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: The Kasiisi Porridge Project Story

An innovative NGO in Uganda has helped bring daily porridge to hungry schoolchildren, and it is now expanding with a 20-acre multipurpose farm and indigenous ...

A member of the Free Syria Army, January 2012.<br>CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/syriafreedom/6731474915/" target=_blank">Freedom House</a>

FEB 22, 2012 Article

Russia Bulletin (2012): Russia Bulletin, Issue 3

What lies behind Russia's veto and its opposition to the U.S.-led hard line on Damascus? Whether or not we agree with them, Russia ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fresh888/3907228905/" target=_blank">fresh888</a>

FEB 15, 2012 Article

North Korea: The World's Principal Violator of Responsibility to Protect

The 2005 UN World Summit made a landmark commitment to protect populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity. Has North Korea violated ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/colombia_travel/5713003275/">Colombia Travel</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

FEB 14, 2012 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: U.S. Free Trade Agreement Won't Benefit Colombia

The now-official U.S.–Colombia Free Trade Agreement will dampen growth and make it harder for Colombia to put in place policies for innovation and ...