Articles & Reports

MAY 4, 2009 • Article

Should we be pleased that Japan is gradually stepping up to its responsibilities in global security, or are there better ways for it to help ...

MAY 4, 2009 • Article

The global economic crisis and its impact on the poor are issues of international human rights law, in particular of state obligations to take collective ...

MAY 1, 2009 • Article

Given the small overall number of confirmed swine flu cases, the current situation warrants the caution associated with a normal flu season. But domestic and ...

APR 27, 2009 • Article

Certain things we know to be true. We know that the South kept slaves, and the North fought a righteous war of liberation. We know ...

APR 24, 2009 • Article

The economic crisis has been compared to familiar catastrophes such as the sinking Titanic and a tsunami. But the car crash analogy works much better ...

APR 22, 2009 • Article

Policy Innovations is pleased to announce the winners of its Spring 2009 Poetry Contest. The following five submissions, each from a different city, represent the inspiration ...

APR 20, 2009 • Article

Europe's WTO complaint has re-raised the issue of gambling legalization and regulation in the United States -- a topic that should arouse the interest of ...

APR 15, 2009 • Article

What does it mean to build an economy on sound ecological principles? It means that all forms of business and other human activity will be ...

APR 14, 2009 • Article

Transcript of an interview with The Current, Columbia University’s undergraduate journal of contemporary politics, culture, and Jewish affairs. THE CURRENT: What does it mean ...

By Joel H. Rosenthal

APR 9, 2009 • Article

We have to wean the world off its dependence on U.S. overspending without sticking the United States and the world economy in a depression, ...