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CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasamarshall/5809939090/">NASA Marshall Space Flight Center</a> (<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/audience/formedia/features/MP_Photo_Guidelines.html">PD</a>).

JUN 11, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Rising Powers in Space

Balancing development and security in outer space will be an important international challenge in coming decades as rising powers force realignment here on Earth.

<a href="http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/asylum?page=gallery&gallery=2&photo=02" target=_blank>UNHCR / A. Di Loreto / July 2007.</a> Refugees Risk<br />Their Lives Traveling from Africa to Europe

JUN 10, 2008 Article

Asylum in the EU: Between Ideals and Reality

Those who question the moral significance of borders often invoke the EU as a model of post-national belonging. Yet for asylum-seekers, "Fortress Europe" remains a ...

cover image, Network Power: The Social Dynamics of Globalization, David Singh Grewal

JUN 4, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Networks Power Globalization

A globalized world isn't flat, it's networked, says David Grewal. This underlying social dynamic leads to shared standards as well as social exclusion.

Harvard Class of 2024? <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/gusgordon/2284832191/">Gus Gordon</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

JUN 2, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: No Skipping Class

Ivy League brand names are leading the globalization of higher education as increasing numbers of highly competitive applicants come from Asia.

U.S. State Department

MAY 29, 2008 Article

AN ENGAGING OUTLOOK: A New Foundation for U.S. Foreign Policy

A new U.S. foreign policy based on cooperation and engagement is not just morally appealing, but strategically smart, declares David Speedie.

CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/joka2000/98211504/">Jun</a>   (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

MAY 28, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Unsustainable Inequities

Left unchanged, the U.S.-Japan alliance will drift into irrelevance, and the United States will lose an important component of its Asia policy just ...

Democratic presidential candidate Barack <br>Obama. Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/2175936409/">Steve Jurvetson</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

MAY 27, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: ROUNDTABLE: U.S. Trade Policy under the Next President

Sherman Katz, Susan Aaronson, Franklin Lavin, and Thea Lee answer the question, How should U.S. trade policy evolve under the next president?

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/unamid-photo/8100394490/">UNAMID Photo</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

MAY 23, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Market and Community Approaches to Food Crisis

The food crisis has tempted governments to enact export bans and pull other market levers, but helping small-scale farmers might be a better long-term target ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/bora_metin/1198145785/">Metin Sozen</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

MAY 22, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: In Vitro Meat, a More Humane Treat

As a growing world population demands more calories, new food technologies may help alleviate some of the hunger, cruelty, and environmental problems associated with industrial ...

The Kuwait Investment Authority was <br>created in 1953. Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/asam/423855130/">Sam</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

MAY 21, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Sovereign Wealth Funds under Scrutiny

Sovereign wealth funds could face a backlash if they fail to allay concerns over transparency.