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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 ...

JUL 21, 2009 Article

U.S.-Russian Arms Control Priorities

This set of four papers focuses on arms control in the context of the critical and evolving U.S.-Russia relationship.

JUL 21, 2009 Article

Possible Attributes of a New Russian-American Treaty on Strategic Offensive Weapons: The View from Russia

Should the START Treaty expire in December without a new treaty (or accord) that has counting rules and verification procedures spelled out, it will be ...

JUL 21, 2009 Article

Missile Defense: A Sphere of Competition or an Instrument for Jointly Combating the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction

Pavel S. Zolotarev argues that despite the good intentions of the newly-elected American and Russian presidents and the leadership of the two nations, it is ...