Recent Articles
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
MAY 6, 2009 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Liberation Debt in the New South Africa
Loyalty to the ANC remains strong, despite corruption charges that surrounded presidential candidate Jacob Zuma until recently and cynicism over what the party has been ...
MAY 5, 2009 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Digital Workforce Initiative Transforms Gulf Coast Job Prospects
One means to revitalize the post-Katrina Louisiana economy is to educate a digital workforce steeped in twenty-first century skills: creative collaboration, communication, and interactive media ...
MAY 5, 2009 • Article
Ethics on Film: Discussion of "The Battle of Algiers"
Shot in documentary style, this classic about the Algerian struggle for independence from France in the 1950s has become a learning tool both for rebel ...