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SEP 24, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Peace Breaks Out in the Taiwan Strait
While the world's attention is focused on wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Georgia, a little-observed positive trend is taking place on the other side of ...
![Racers at the start. Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/sylvainelies/2639408177/">Sylvain <br>Elies</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/race_to_the_middle_2023-04-10-053811_zxzb.jpg?v=1721237763)
SEP 23, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: The Race to the Middle
Recent developments in the case law of Mexico and the United States suggest that labor standards between these trading partners may actually be converging.
![Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/djwhelan/497090528/">Dave Whelan</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/yoga_2023-04-10-053814_wozm.jpg?v=1721237764)
SEP 19, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Yoga Bends the Globalization Stereotype
The worldwide popularity of yoga proves that globalization is flowing in every direction, and has been for a while.
![Kung fu training in East Timor. CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/jp-esperanca/2703059778/">J. P. Esperança</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/KUNGFU_2023-04-10-053817_kgpd.jpg?v=1721237765)
SEP 12, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Kung Fu Peace-building
Government and NGO efforts have helped to rehabilitate East Timor's martial arts youth gangs in the wake of election violence and the 2006 riots.
![CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/darwinbell/2048453342/">Darwin Bell</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/lamppost2_2023-04-10-053820_ajju.jpg?v=1721237363)
SEP 10, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Globalization of Language Will Muzzle the Nation-State
Improved communication and translation between people will deprive nation-states of their raison d'etre.
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SEP 9, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Oil Revenue Sharing for Iraq
Developing a fair system for sharing Iraqi oil revenues will ensure that no one can aspire to be the next Saddam Hussein.
![A biodiesel Hummer. "<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/139447357/">Swords to <br>ploughshares</a>" by Steve Jurvetson (<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/biodiesel_hummer_2023-04-10-053826_gbtz.jpg?v=1721245946)
SEP 5, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: From Mules to Biofuels
Policymakers have two main concerns when it comes to ethanol: the effect of demand on food prices, and the environmental benefits. While families were sharing ...
![Five International Questions for the National Basic Income Debates](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/feature_NationalSalary2_2023-04-10-053829_xnra.jpg?v=1721236464)
AUG 29, 2008 • Article
ROUNDTABLE: The Nation-State
The nation-state is an anachronistic myth which should be shed once and for all, declares Devin Stewart. Gvosdev and Andelman disagree.
![CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/changhg/100412648/">Mike Chang</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/goddess_2023-04-10-053832_tzrb.jpg?v=1721245948)
AUG 28, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: The Rights of Human Goddesses
At last, the young girls who are worshiped as living goddesses in Nepal are now awarded basic human rights by the state.
![The opening ceremonies, as seen on TV. <br>Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/deniscollette/2745796325/">Denis Collette</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/olympic_rings_tv2_2023-04-10-053835_hcqx.jpg?v=1721245951)
AUG 28, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: One Bed, Different Dreams
Seeing the Olympics as a watershed event, Japanese commentators have speculated about a "post-Olympic" China, and their prognoses are generally darker than the more optimistic ...