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![Gas flares, Nigeria. Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/travelling_e/229048139/">Ellie Sandercock</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/">CC</a>).](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/BreakFree_2023-04-10-054242_fvdx.jpg?v=1721250794)
FEB 1, 2008 • Article
The Resource Curse: Property Rights and the Resource Curse (Part 1)
Because of a major flaw in the international trade system, consumers in rich countries unknowingly buy stolen goods every day. The raw materials used to ...
![In the melting pot, by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/28481088@N00/201872285/" target="_blank">tanakawho</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/melting_pot_2023-04-10-054245_kwnm.jpg?v=1721250796)
JAN 31, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: The Melting Pot, the Salad Bowl, and the Confucian Ideal
Many have argued we are entering a multipolar world. Yet, this competition will not simply take place in terms of varying approaches to foreign policy ...
![CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/itsgreg/119849698/">Greg</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/bananas_2023-04-10-054248_rfbf.jpg?v=1721250798)
JAN 31, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: The Fair Trade Future
The Fair Trade movement is a promising vehicle for alternative globalization, yet its dramatic growth has fueled a number of new challenges. Has Fair Trade's ...
![Mr. Yuck stickers discourage children from <br>drinking household cleaners. Courtesy of <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/handforged/161839504/"><br>Nicholas Carey</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/mr_yuk_2023-04-10-054251_pbuo.jpg?v=1721250800)
JAN 30, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Globalization Poison
The blame game for toxic toys and bad loans makes big headlines. But international scrutiny can also promote accountability.
![The vicious spiral of partisanship. Photo <br>by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/victoriabush/42274451/">Victoria Bush</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/spiral_flag_2023-04-10-054254_qnvl.jpg?v=1721251577)
JAN 23, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Partisanship and U.S. Trade Policy
U.S. trade policy has become increasingly partisan, but progress on trade issues during an election year is unlikely.
![Screen shot from EverQuest II. Image by <br>TexMurphy (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Eq2_level_60_mount.jpg">Fair Use</a>).](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/everquest_2023-04-10-054257_crpd.jpg?v=1721251579)
JAN 23, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Role Addiction
The global growth of Internet use and online role-playing games has spawned a public health crackdown on addictive and antisocial behaviors.
![U.S. Army Soldiers drive a Bradley Fighting Vehicle in East Baghdad, Iraq (2007).<br>CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/soldiersmediacenter/421323075/">The U.S. Army</a> (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">CC</a>)](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/US-Army-Tank-Iraq-2007_2023-04-10-054300_tgyn.jpg?v=1721242456)
JAN 22, 2008 • Article
The Real "Surge" of 2007: Non-Combatant Death in Iraq and Afghanistan
While overall violence declined in Iraq in the last few months, civilian deaths at U.S. hands in both Iraq and Afghanistan were up approximately 70 ...
![Mobuto Sese Seko's corrupt rule of Zaire <br>left billions in unpaid loans.](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/dictator_2023-04-10-054303_ndfu.jpg?v=1721245937)
JAN 22, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: The Debt of Dictators
The Debt of Dictators by filmmaker Erling Borgen is a good introduction to the central questions of Third World debt: Whose debt is it, and ...
![CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/tinou/334842339/">Tinou Bao</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/salaryman_2023-04-10-054306_khiq.jpg?v=1721256260)
JAN 17, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Green Stimulus
Recession could open the door for stimulus that is both progressive and climate-friendly, especially if targeted at housing and transportation.
![CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/criminalintent/73757271/">Lars Plougmann</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/JUSTSAYNO_2023-04-10-054309_onqv.jpg?v=1721244253)
JAN 16, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Forming a Donor Monitor NGO
Money stuffed in envelopes. Gifts of cars, computers, and overseas junkets. It sounds like the criticism typically leveled at corrupt MNCs, but it also occurs ...