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AUG 17, 2009 Article

Obama's War

As President Obama and his administration lead the nation and their coalition partners in a renewed effort in the war in Afghanistan, what can be ...

AUG 17, 2009 Article

State of Denial? NATO at 60 and the War in Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, NATO is proving itself the wrong alliance, fighting an enemy that defies precise definition in a war for which it is ill suited ...

AUG 17, 2009 Article

Prospects for U.S.-Russia Cooperation in Central Asia

Yuri Morozov proposes several ways that the United States and Russia can expand their cooperation in Central Asia, particularly in Afghanistan, in order to neutralize ...

AUG 17, 2009 Article

Pakistani, Afghan, and Iranian Factors of Influence on the Central Asian Region

This article is an attempt to define the possibilities for changing the disconnect between the U.S. and Russia which limits the potential for cooperation ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/guillermoduran/469945154/">Guillermo Duran</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

AUG 11, 2009 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: The Happy Planet Index

The fact that economic growth can be conceived of in opposition to the health of the planet suggests that neither can claim to be regarded ...

"Restart Button" (photo modified)<br>Original photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/statephotos/3338931387/" target="_blank">U.S. Department of State</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/deed.en" target="blank_">CC</a>)

AUG 5, 2009 Article

Resetting the Reset

The "reset button" has become the metaphor for restoring U.S.-Russia relations. But is it working? Despite the progress made, a number of critical ...

Get Off My Property <br> Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gryphtor/3218922391/" target="_blank">leoj / Joel</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en" target="_blank">CC</a>)

AUG 4, 2009 Article

The Balance between Risk and Return Is Everybody's Business

The 2008 taxpayer bailout and a long string of corporate restructurings and downsizings have shifted risk from corporations to individuals, writes Ann Rutledge. Most Americans were ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/25228175@N08/4589293554/">Elvin</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

JUL 30, 2009 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Wise Power: How an aging Japan can maintain influence

Soft power is an aging Japan's best path to maintain international influence.

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaytamboli/3567571676/">Jay Tamboli</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

JUL 30, 2009 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Good Ideas Are From Anywhere

The recent confirmation hearings of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor touched upon a central issue of the international legal and moral order: natural law and ...

JUL 22, 2009 Journal Online Exclusive

EIA Interview: Alex Bellamy on the Responsibility to Protect

"This is just the beginning of the road for R2P," says Bellamy. "There are a lot of skeptics...but it is a principle that ...