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Map of Kurdistan

MAR 2, 2007 Article

Three Suggestions For How To Improve Matters in Iraqi Kurdistan

The danger Kurdistan faces is overwhelming. Their peripheral region falls between two hostile capitals, Ankara and Tehran. Below, what is now known as the world’...

CREDIT: &copy; <a href="http://www.lernerphoto.com" target=_blank>Paula Lerner</a>.

FEB 28, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Give Bpeace a Chance

The Business Council for Peace helps women build businesses in regions ravaged by war. They believe in a simple, innovative equation: Women + Business = Peace.

Coal power plant. Photo by Bruno D. Rodrigues (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/" target=_blank>CC</a>).

FEB 21, 2007 Article

Central versus Local

More than any other countries on Earth, says Timothy Savage, China and the United States hold the key to whether humanity can put the brakes ...

Coal power plant. Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/davipt/164341428/" target=_blank>Bruno D. Rodrigues</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/" target=_blank>CC</a>).

FEB 21, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Central versus Local

More than any other countries, China and the U.S. hold the key to whether humanity can put the brakes on its greenhouse gas emissions ...

The Silence of the Rational Center

FEB 20, 2007 Article

New York Times Book Review: The Silence of the Rational Center

The authors Stefan Halper and Jonathan Clarke offer many persuasive and valuable arguments against reductive thinking in foreign policy.

FEB 16, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Patent Absurdity

As a general rule, it pays to be skeptical of someone looking to sell something they can't possibly own. The human genetic code would appear ...

FEB 12, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Fairness as Antidote to Religious Fundamentalism

National development strategies are insufficient for overcoming the problems in poor countries. Cooperation at the regional and world level is needed to solve the problems ...

CREDIT: Jacqueline Morris (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/" target=_blank>CC</a>).

FEB 12, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Creative Industries as Growth Engine

The cultural and creative industries are areas in which many developing countries enjoy some comparative advantage. The rise of the digital economy and the increasing ...

FEB 9, 2007 Article

The U.S. Must Redefine "Fair Trade"

For the U.S. to justify and prolong its international leadership, it must ensure that the rest of the world can access the benefits of ...

FEB 6, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Wiki Influence

This story reminds us that a community like Wikipedia's editors is vulnerable to manipulation by commercial interests—and that information is power.