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Landmine Museum in Cambodia. Photo by <br><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/jystewart/1319431362/">James Stewart</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

OCT 22, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Rats and Robots Sniff Out Landmines

A small-but-growing number of private humanitarian efforts, some using rats and robots, are helping to address the global problem of landmines.

Oil spill. Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/esqenzo/320311357/">Jay-P</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

OCT 16, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: A Slick Solution for Oil Markets

Although oil prices are declining, the global oil market is out of whack and prices remain high, causing economic suffering around the world. To get ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/29107673@N04/2898272979/in/set-72157608017685359/">Green Jobs Now</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

OCT 15, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Green Jobs Transition Must Accelerate

Jobs will be created by the transition from a high-carbon economy to an energy-efficient one, but the transformation will have to be rapid and global ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/julien_harneis/1373309049/">Julien Harneis</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

OCT 14, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Saving the Congo

The scale of Congo's resource curse, weak governance, and civil war calls for policy changes beyond anything typically contemplated by the international community.

Western Union office in <br>Flagstaff, Arizona. Photo by <br><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/girl-inchoate/752388718/">Dawn M. Armfield</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

OCT 14, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Remittances Take a Hit

A weak dollar, a flattening globe, and resurgent inflation are decreasing financial transfers from overseas workers, commonly known as remittances.

cover image, The Difference Makers, by Sandra Waddock

OCT 2, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: The Difference Makers

Sandra Waddock's book "The Difference Makers" tells the stories of nearly two dozen innovators who pioneered the corporate responsibility movement over the past quarter century.

CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/arkntina/241070625/">RK & Tina</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

OCT 2, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Laws Gone Wild in Ecuador

Ecuador is the first country to constitutionally enact ecosystem rights, expanding the mandate of environmental protection beyond personal injury and corporate license to pollute.

SEP 26, 2008 Journal

Briefly Noted

This section contains a round-up of recent notable books in the field of international affairs.

SEP 26, 2008 Journal

Realism Reconsidered: The Legacy of Hans J. Morgenthau in International Relations edited by Michael C. Williams

This timely book takes a critical look at the history of scholarship on Morgenthau's formulation of political realism, with an eye toward synthesizing his theories ...

SEP 26, 2008 Journal

Taking on the World's Repressive Regimes: The Ford Foundation's International Human Rights Policies and Practices by William Korey

William Korey has done a great service for both those who champion and follow the realization of human rights internationally and those who wish to ...