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CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/colodio/2908606928/">Claude Estebe</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

APR 8, 2010 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Rage against Virtual Rape

It is up to the Japanese to decide what regulations the nation wants to prescribe for sex industry software.

Hatoyama. CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jannem/3862872687/">Janne Moren</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

APR 1, 2010 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Promises, Promises: The Two Faces of Japan's New Government

Contradictions within the Democratic Party of Japan and the Hatoyama cabinet threaten to upset the expected July upper house elections and lead to further political ...

APR 1, 2010 Journal

Spring 2010 (24.1)

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/zpeckler/3509493034/">Thomas Eakins</a> detail (PD).

MAR 30, 2010 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Organ and Human Trafficking Intersect

An international framework for ethical organ transplantation could enable countries to coordinate shared information and interdiction strategies for curbing the illegal transplant tourism market.

Israeli, Russian, and U.S. Flags

MAR 30, 2010 Article

Jackson-Vanik: a Bridge to the 20th Century

U.S. and Russian leaders and Jewish organizations all agree: the U.S. should "graduate" Russia from the JV amendment, which ties freedom of trade ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hamed/3636927440/">Hamed Saber</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

MAR 26, 2010 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: U.S. Pressures Oil Companies to Leave Iran

With nuclear diplomacy at a standstill, the U.S. government has been expanding its sanctions against Iran to include refined petroleum products and insurers.

Illustration by Dennis Doyle

MAR 25, 2010 Article

Global Economic Policy and Human Rights: Three Sites of Disconnection

In this critical post-financial crisis period, Margot Salomon of LSE underscores the demands that international human rights law place on a more ethical form of ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/theredproject/3673922879/">Michael Mandiberg</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>)

MAR 22, 2010 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Obama's "New" Trade Policy: What Happened to Multilateralism?

The Obama administration's new trade agenda shows little consideration for developing countries and may hurt the United States in the long run.

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhymes/4402640498/">Lawrence Oluyede</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

MAR 17, 2010 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Xenophobia Tests National Legitimacy

The connection between xenophobic sentiments and national identity calls into question the legitimacy of nations in an era of increasing migration and multiculturalism.

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ignaciovicent/311145549/">Ignacio Vicent</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/es/">CC</a>).

MAR 16, 2010 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Slums: The Future

With an unconventional planning methodology, the Urban Think Tank envisions solutions for the barrio communities of Caracas.