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Will the cell phone supplant cold, hard <br>cash? Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/whiteafrican/2620808649/">Eric Hersman</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

FEB 3, 2009 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Time to Cash Out

Widespread adoption of electronic forms of payment will depend heavily on trust, but it could close some loopholes and jolt the world economy.

FEB 2, 2009 Article

Letter from the United States to Iran

In a possible letter from the United States to Iran, David Speedie writes of the two nations' shared interests, the causes that divide them, and ...

Walkers crisps. Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/auntiep/1877977573/">Auntie P</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

JAN 22, 2009 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: The Carbon Marketing Wars Have Begun

Carbon Trust has shaped the future marketing war over environmental sustainability by developing a carbon reduction label for consumer goods and services.

Bhutanese monk blowing bubbles. CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/babasteve/2249740073/">Steve Evans</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

JAN 22, 2009 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Redefining Progress

Prahlad Singh Shekhawat attended the fourth Gross National Happiness conference in Bhutan this past November. He reports on the conference proceedings for us and shares ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/emraya/2867188734/">Emre Ayaroglu</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

JAN 21, 2009 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Is Ethical Capitalism Possible?

How can business models become more sustainable? Fortunately, global human civilization has all the moral tools it needs.

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emagineart/4742089272/">e-Magine Art</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

JAN 14, 2009 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Boosting Access to Medicine

As cases from Indonesia to India have demonstrated, affordable drugs are often unavailable to the people who need them at the times they need them ...

Illustration from "Vision 20/20", U.S. Space Command, 1997

JAN 12, 2009 Article

An Agenda for Obama: End America's Counterproductive Pursuit of Space Dominance

It's time to go back to President Eisenhower's original goal of space for peaceful purposes and ditch America's position that it has the right to ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/trentstrohm/2954636898/">Trent Strohm</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

JAN 9, 2009 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: China's Diplomacy Contradicts Power Politics

Beijing's patient approach toward Taiwan has become an integral part of its global strategy, one characterized by confidence and an emphasis on using non-military instruments ...

Deng Xiaoping: "It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice." Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/kevinsteele/85925031/">Kevin Steele</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

JAN 8, 2009 Article

China Rediscovers Ethics in Foreign Policy

As the Chinese gradually rediscover the need to introduce ethical considerations into their foreign policy, what will those considerations be?

DEC 18, 2008 Journal

Humanitarian Intervention and the Distribution of Sovereignty in International Law

Legal debates about humanitarian intervention tend to assume that its legitimacy is irrelevant to its legality, while political theorists often assume the inverse. This paper ...