Recent Articles
JUN 27, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Return to Trees for New Biofuel
Cellulosic ethanol, or "treethanol," is a promising new energy source with the potential to mitigate high gas prices, national security concerns, and global climate change. ...
JUN 27, 2007 • Article
"To Be Read" Book Review Column: Dave Eggers. "What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng; A Novel."
Autobiography or novel, this is the harrowing story of Deng's flight from the holocaust in Sudan, under constant threat of bombings, beasts, and human murderers, ...
JUN 27, 2007 • Article
ROUNDTABLE: Blair's Ethical Legacy
"To view Blair through Iraq alone is to ignore his extraordinary legacy in the areas of liberal interventionism, international development and climate change," says Roberts, ...
JUN 20, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Child Labor in Afghanistan
Poverty and insecurity have prevented generations of Afghans from becoming educated, thrusting children into the labor market. If education is the key to breaking out ...
JUN 14, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: The Man Who Could Right the Trade-Development Imbalance
Few development advocates perceive Robert Zoellick as a man committed to making trade fairer for the world's poor. But he has long tried to realign ...
JUN 11, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Promised Land in Zimbabwe and Venezuela
Land reform projects are designed to empower the poorest elements of society, but often go awry when implemented for political purposes. The negative impacts on ...
JUN 7, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Mending America's Broken Fence
There is a window of political opportunity in U.S. immigration policy: The House has passed a version of immigration reform and the Senate is ...
JUN 5, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Splitting the Atomic Energy Debate
Interest in low-emission nuclear energy has mushroomed alongside rising energy prices and fear of climate change. But the picture of a green future is clouded ...
JUN 4, 2007 • Article
Next Year in Beijing?
When will China publicly acknowledge what really happened on June 4, 1989? Just as in Taiwan, change in China must surely come from within. But the rest ...
MAY 31, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: WHO Pushes Pharmaceutical Innovation
The innovation gap is especially troubling in the pharmaceutical industry, where only a small portion of funding goes toward the diseases that disproportionately affect developing ...