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![CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/rndbau/2293048740/">Randy Bautista</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/jeepney_2023-04-10-053655_dpju.jpg?v=1721237550)
NOV 18, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Electric Jeepneys Challenge a Philippine Icon
The Philippine passenger jeepney has started to shed its image as a smoke-belching, eardrum-busting public utility vehicle. Originally fashioned out of WWII American military jeeps, ...
![Pirate flag skull and crossbones. Photo by <br><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/nickhumphries/1405653435/">Nick Humphries</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/pirates_2023-04-10-053658_tume.jpg?v=1721237551)
NOV 18, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Somali Pirates Scuttle Sea Laws
Armed with automatic weapons and confident in their ability to extort millions of dollars from shipping companies, pirates are once again trolling the high seas ...
![Avenue of Flags at the UN Building, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/munksynz/1350801503/" target="_blank">munksynz</a>, <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en" target="_blank">CC</a>)](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/feature_UNflags_2023-04-10-053702_xsxl.jpg?v=1721237552)
NOV 11, 2008 • Article
Don't Give Up on Globalization
Globalization is an attitude of openness, and whether in cultural attitudes or economics, openness improves the lives of citizens by expanding opportunities for choice, says ...
![Kubinka Tank Museum, Russia. <br>CREDIT: <a href="http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5:Isu152_Kubinka.jpg" target=_blank">Russian Wikipedia</a>](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/feature_CFE_tank_2023-04-10-053706_xwdt.jpg?v=1721237553)
NOV 3, 2008 • Article
After Georgia: Russia, NATO, and the CFE
Can the CFE Treaty assist in reestablishing security in the North Caucasus or has both its credibility and utility been undermined permanently?
![Chomp! Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/booleansplit/2978372236/">Robert Donovan</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/halloween_chocolate_2023-04-10-053709_jwfl.jpg?v=1721237692)
OCT 30, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Fair Trade Trick-or-Treat
Children usually don costumes on Halloween to collect candy, but this year households will find a dark surprise when they open their doors: thousands of ...
![Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/wwworks/2959833537/">Woodley</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/meltdown_dice_2023-04-10-053712_zwxr.jpg?v=1721237693)
OCT 29, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Financial Crisis Hurts U.S. Soft Power
The financial crisis could spell the end of America's global economic leadership, but working with other nations and building new institutions of governance may reinvigorate ...
![CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/soldiersmediacenter/1062694623/">Capt. Darrick Lee</a>, U.S. Air Force (PD).](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/africom_2023-04-10-053715_hkmp.jpg?v=1721237694)
OCT 29, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: United States Experiments with African Command
Was it auspicious timing or a bad omen that Somali pirates hijacked a Ukrainian arms shipment the day before the U.S. military launched AFRICOM, ...
![CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23065375@N05/2234742693/">ThinkPanama.com</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/medical_tourist_2023-04-10-053718_lymu.jpg?v=1721237695)
OCT 27, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Medical Tourism Causes Complications
Medical tourism has started to globalize an industry long considered immune to outsourcing, increasing the need to reform public health programs.
![Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bradipo/1435739708/" target="_blank">Philip Brewer</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en" target="_blank">CC</a>).](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/Foreign-Currency_2023-04-10-053722_hcpo.jpg?v=1721237695)
OCT 24, 2008 • Article
Beyond Microfinance: Entrepreneurial Solutions to Poverty Alleviation
Although microfinance has helped millions of individuals to survive, it doesn't create much real economic growth, says Michael Strong. But some organizations are moving beyond ...
![CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/wili/2202129234/">Ville Miettinen</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/lovers_new_2023-04-10-053725_hjrd.jpg?v=1721237696)
OCT 22, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Lovers with Borders
Young international couples find the strict Danish immigration policies rotten, but a new ruling from the European Union could ease cross-border marriages.