Recent Articles
AUG 17, 2009 • Article
U.S./NATO-Russia Cooperation on Afghanistan and Central Asia
This set of four papers focuses on U.S./NATO-Russia cooperation on Afghanistan in its regional context, looking at common interests in Afghanistan's stability, the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...