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Kabul, Afghanistan <br>Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28894487@N00/305012234/" target="_blank">Arash Absalan</a>

NOV 30, 2006 Article

Van Dyk Diary: Kabul, November 2006

Jere Van Dyk reports on the current situation in Kabul, describing the changes since his first visit in 1970.

Saul Garlick, founder of the Student Movement for Real Change

NOV 28, 2006 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: The Student Movement for Real Change Story

Saul Garlick founded the Student Movement for Real Change to empower U.S. students to learn more about the Global South and to improve conditions ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/serviphoto70/2267224793/">Nick</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

NOV 21, 2006 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Putting Teeth in Corporate Social Responsibility

Keith Slack discusses how corporate social responsibility could become more effective by changing the incentives that govern corporate access to capital and markets.

Bono, Product RED founder and spokesperson. Photo by Wilson <br>Dias for Agência Brasil.

NOV 21, 2006 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Is Ethical Clothing No Sweat?

Irish rocker Bono announced in January the launch of Product RED, a venture designed to raise money for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis ...

Entering Pakistan at the Torkham crossing from Afghanistan.<br>Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/49441269@N00/174080935/" target="_blank">mbiturbo</a>

NOV 20, 2006 Article

Van Dyk Diary: Islamabad, Karachi, and Peshawar

Jere Van Dyk reports on the mood in Pakistan and the situation in the border areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan, scene of several aerial attacks ...

The Good Fight

NOV 17, 2006 Article

REVIEW: The Good Fight

In the wake of the Democrats' return to power, Council Associate Marcus Roberts examines liberal foreign policy approaches through Peter Beinart's new book.

The Alchemist's Wedding Band, by Ana M. Lopez.

NOV 14, 2006 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: The Ethical Metalsmiths Story

Ethical Metalsmiths is dedicated to increasing awareness of ethical issues in the mining industry, creating a market for metals and gemstones that are sourced and ...

Hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil monkeys, carved on a <br>sacred stable at Nikko Toshogu, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.

NOV 14, 2006 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Kicking Back against Corruption

By stifling growth and discouraging investment, corruption has made it difficult for developing countries to escape the cycle of poverty. Corruption also demoralizes communities by ...

Coloured textiles in Rue Semarine, Marrakech <br>Photo by Martin Dady

NOV 5, 2006 Article

Van Dyk Diary: Marrakech, Past and Present

Morocco is a Muslim country, but Marrakech is to Europe what Acapulco or Cancun is to Americans: an exotic, safe tourist destination in the sun, ...

Xinhua News Agency. Photo by <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Xinhua_News_Agency.JPG" target=_blank>snowyowls</a>.

NOV 3, 2006 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Information Revolution Likely to Advance Free Speech in China

China’s government news agency Xinhua issued regulations in September that would make it the gatekeeper and revenue collector for reports from all news agencies ...