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Charm Offensive: How China's Soft Power Is Transforming the World

OCT 2, 2007 Article

Book Review: Charm Offensive

Kurlantzick sees a need for the U.S. to counter China's soft power, but avoids making any ethical judgment on its questionable elements, specifically China's ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/pitikbulag/416167457/">Luis Liwanag</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en-us">CC</a>).

SEP 26, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Contraception Ban Harms Philippine Women

Evan O'Neil interviews Aya Fujimura-Fanselow of the Center for Reproductive Rights on the impact of a contraception ban in Manila.

SEP 24, 2007 Article

Innovations in Fighting Corruption

This is a rapporteur's summary from Global Policy Innovations' second Workshop for Ethics and Business. The speakers include representatives from AccountAbility, GE, Lockheed Martin, and ...

Matthew Slaughter

SEP 21, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Pushing against the Protectionist Drift

Policy Innovations talks with Professor Matthew Slaughter of Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business about his New Deal for globalization.

SEP 20, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Business & Human Rights Resource Centre Website Redesign

Devin Stewart interviews Annabel Short of the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre about the recent redesign of their website. The Centre tracks the positive and ...

Carpet vendor in Kabul, Afghanistan <br>(2005). Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/babasteve/25456049/">Steve Evans</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en-us">CC</a>).

SEP 18, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Post-Invasion Economies

Sustainable economic growth has been a major goal of reconstruction efforts in post-invasion Iraq and Afghanistan. Trade and investment will go a long way toward ...

Corn is the primary U.S. agrofuel crop. <br>Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/o_caritas/514212557/">Patrick T. Power</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en-us">CC</a>).

SEP 14, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Agrofuels Favor Business over Farmers

In the absence of a greater scientific consensus and effective legislation to protect farmers, workers, consumers, the environment, and the food supply, full-steam-ahead plans for ...

U.S. soldier inspects Iraqi pipeline. CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/yourlocaldave/43516303/">David Chung</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en-us">CC</a>).

SEP 14, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Energy Security Depends on Where You Live

Your definition of energy security might just depend on where you live. For consumer countries, energy security means reliable sources of supply. For producer states, ...

Dave Matthews Band. CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/rosengrant/1025781496/">Bryan Rosengrant</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en-us">CC</a>).

SEP 7, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Musicians Spread the Enviro Vibe

Evan O'Neil talks with Brian Allenby of Reverb about the carbon offset market and how musicians are reducing their environmental footprint.

SEP 7, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Democracy as Economic Strategy

Democracy is a crucial element of economic development that India enjoys, and China's stability will not be sustainable in the long term without it.