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Will never forget 26/11<br>Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/allagappan/3132645711" target="_blank">Alagu M</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en" target="_blank">CC</a>)

MAR 4, 2009 Article

How to Deal with Pakistan after Mumbai

Despite their mutual antipathy, Pakistan's stability is in India's national interest. A stable Indian subcontinent is in America's strategic interest. And for all its limitations ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/worldbank/2760559520/">Masaru Goto / World Bank</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

MAR 4, 2009 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Shallow Cuts

British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline was lauded in recent headlines for the announcement that it would voluntarily act to improve access to medicines in developing countries. ...

Debark, Ethiopia <br>Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/zz77/3298434456/" target="_blank">zz77</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en" target="_blank">CC</a>)

MAR 4, 2009 Article

Obama's Moral Obligation to Africa

Obama is in a unique position to make a difference in Africa, but will he fulfill his campaign promises? Matthew Hennessey has some suggestions for ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/swisscan/1021246507/">Reto Fetz</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

FEB 25, 2009 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Peer-to-Peer Finance: A Flight to Simplicity

Since bank capital will likely be further depleted as the credit crunch spreads into the productive economy, peer-to-peer finance offers a solution from an entirely ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/soldiersmediacenter/488224475/" target=_blank">U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael L. Casteel</a>.

FEB 23, 2009 Article

Timelines or Time Windows for Afghanistan?

With violence now subsiding in Iraq, some policy-makers seem to assume that we can now turn our attention back to the Afghan &quot;timeline&quot; ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/meanestindian/156516309/">Meena Kadri</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

FEB 19, 2009 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Managing Water Well

The economic stimulus bill signed this week by President Obama includes billions for water projects in the United States, but this is just a drop ...

CREDIT: Abdurrahman Warsameh, <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/securitywatch/2489764434/">ISN Security Watch</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

FEB 18, 2009 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Discard the Top-down Strategy in Somalia

Instead of repeatedly trying to foist a Western style top-down state structure on a deeply decentralized society, the international community should work with Somalia's long-standing ...

Obama's exclusive <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAnQASZS-70">Al Arabiya interview</a>.

FEB 18, 2009 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: The New Ethic of Public Diplomacy

With President Obama's choice for under secretary of public diplomacy still unknown, it's hard to gauge where strategic communications are headed. But in the era ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/sarowen/2763771509/">Sarah</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

FEB 9, 2009 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Black Carbon an Easy Target for Climate Change

The particulate matter called black carbon is the second most potent greenhouse warming agent after carbon dioxide. Filtering it out of diesel emissions today would ...

Digital Diplomacy: Understanding Islam through Virtual Worlds

FEB 5, 2009 Article

Digital Diplomacy: Understanding Islam through Virtual Worlds

This project examines how the Internet can lead to a greater firsthand understanding of Islam for policymakers, diplomats, and people worldwide.