Recent Articles
FEB 21, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Chess Takes World
When people think of chess, they usually think of Russia. But chess excellence has now gone global: The current World Champion is from India, and ...
FEB 20, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Russia and the New Great Game
Two recent energy deals are the latest moves in the Great Game for energy security, with the world's main powers jockeying for access to resources ...
FEB 19, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Trouble with Tuna
Today's globalization may be causing more stress to our planet than we realize, and the food industry is just one example. When it comes to ...
FEB 14, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Flowers for Sale
The traditional flower market is a thing of the past. Flowers are now imported from all over the world, creating trade-offs for the ethical consumer.
FEB 13, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: In Pursuit of a Carbon-Free Economy
The climate crisis requires better tools to compare the true environmental value of greenhouse gas reduction versus sequestration, so that we know whether to invest ...
FEB 7, 2008 • Article
A Central African Affair: Chad's Insurgency Highlights Ongoing Genocide in Darfur
The international community could act to stop the genocide in Darfur. For example, it could pressure China and enact an EU trade and investment moratorium. ...
FEB 5, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Typing TERROR in a Crowded Chat
Like many tools of globalization, the power of the Internet can cut both ways. What then is the solution to extremism on the Internet? Paradoxically, ...
FEB 1, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Model Standards
As Fashion Week gets underway in New York City, it is worth asking where models' standards of beauty come from.
FEB 1, 2008 • Article
The Resource Curse: A Clean Hands Trust for the People of Sudan (Part 4)
Wenar argues that a trust-and-tariff mechanism could be used against countries that insist on buying resources from the worst regimes. The revenues would go to ...
FEB 1, 2008 • Article
The Resource Curse: Stopping the Flow of Stolen Resources (Part 3)
Calculations show that oil companies illicitly transport into the U.S. over 600 million barrels of oil each year. This is 12.7 percent of U.S. oil ...