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White roof paint. Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nhbdy/153067064/">Chris Dick</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

JUN 9, 2009 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: The Consensus before the Consensus

Building mini-consensuses before the Consensus is the best way anything will get done at the December climate negotiations in Copenhagen. Here is a quick glance ...

Cover image, IBM CSR Survey

JUN 9, 2009 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Information Gaps Hinder CSR Achievement

IBM recently completed its second annual survey of senior executives from around the world on the importance of green and sustainability issues to their corporate ...

JUN 8, 2009 Article

Get out of the GWOT

Despite Obama's promises of change, U.S. defense policy is geared almost exclusively to a dangerous counter-insurgency posture designed to prevent a new 9/11. It's time ...

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23217865@N02/3296355945/" target=_blank>Beijing - Tiananmen Square</a>, by Laksevaagen ©<br> (with kind permission)

JUN 3, 2009 Article

On the 20th Anniversary of the Tiananmen Demonstrations: Human Rights Needs for a New China

What has changed in China since 1989, and what are Chinese looking for from their government today? Health and safety issues are paramount for many, especially ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ctbto/8468260426/">CTBTO</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

MAY 29, 2009 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Deterrence Beats Diplomacy on North Korea

There are enormous limits as to what Japan, South Korea, and the United States could do about North Korea even if China agreed to follow ...

CREDIT:<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rappensuncle/632433873">Mel Stoutsenberger</a> (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/">CC</a>).

MAY 28, 2009 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Building a Continental Renewable Super Grid

As the planet warms and the economy cools, renewable resources are emerging as a realistic means to solve both problems in a timely fashion. A ...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Photo <br>by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/31910792@N05/3492139088/">James Gordon</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

MAY 27, 2009 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: What's Wrong with Diplomacy in Damascus

The Obama administration has reversed former President George W. Bush's isolationist policies toward Syria, but has little to show for it. The government will need ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/3178491939/">Thomas Hawk</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

MAY 22, 2009 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Mass Incarceration as Social Control

Historians of mass incarceration in the U.S. have long argued for an assessment of the U.S. criminal justice system in terms of human ...

Bookshelf of the Universe, in 30 Volumes.

MAY 19, 2009 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Our Biology Makes Us All Truly Equal

"Race" is a persistent example of our imagination.

MAY 19, 2009 Article

Obama Could Send Message to Iran With...a Message to Iran

In one letter, Obama could spell out common interests, mutual concerns, and prospects for peace.