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CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blixt/171174944/">Martin McKenna</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

APR 20, 2009 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Europe Calls U.S. on Gambling Laws

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 ...

Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pagedooley/3191664147/">Kevin Dooley</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

APR 15, 2009 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Homo sociens and the New Ecological Growth Economy

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

“The Current” Interviews Joel Rosenthal

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 ...

Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gi/388322867/">Gisela Giardino</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

APR 9, 2009 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Decouple the World from the Dollar

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, ...

President Obama and Prime Minister Taro <br>Aso of Japan. Credit: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/09/02/24/Welcoming-the-Japanese-PM-to-the-Oval-Office/">White House</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

APR 8, 2009 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: A Realistic Japan Policy for the Obama Administration

This memo aims to give U.S. President Barack Obama an overview of Japan and of the U.S.-Japan alliance, and to suggest policy ...

"Small Boy" Nuclear Test, July 14, 1962, Nevada Test Site. <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Small_Boy_nuclear_test_1962.jpg" target=_blank">U.S. Government Photo</a>.

APR 8, 2009 Article

Fallout, Denials, and Trials: Recognizing the Health Legacy of Nuclear Test Veterans

David Willcox writes on a U.K. court case brought by participants in the U.K.'s nuclear testing program which raises a moral dilemma ...

City of David, just outside Jerusalem's Old City, by Jonathan Cristol

APR 8, 2009 Article

Two States, One Capital: A Proposal for the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict

As part of a future two-state solution, Jonathan Cristol proposes making Jerusalem a "free city," fully open to both Israeli and Palestinian passport holders.

Haitian boys in a metal shanty. Photo by <br>Sean Blaschke &copy; 2009.

APR 7, 2009 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Integrating Security and Development in Haiti

Haiti may serve as a role model for other fragile states if the integration of development with security and state-building can attract international funds.

Photo of Tiananmen Square <br>taken by the author during the trip.

APR 2, 2009 Article

Reverse China Hedge

Several factors might explain China's multifaceted approach toward the United States, including economic woes, uncertainty about how the financial crisis will play out, and an ...

APR 1, 2009 Journal

Winter 2009 (23.4)