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NOV 2, 2006 Article

Morgenthau Lectures (1981–2006): Ethical Considerations: Law, Foreign Policy, and the War on Terror

Former Navy General Counsel Alberto Mora fought to stop policies that authorized cruelty toward terror suspects. "Cruelty harms our nation's legal, foreign policy, and national ...

NOV 1, 2006 Article

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

Philip E. Auerswald and Iqbal Z. Quadir, founding editors of Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization, recount the evolution and aspirations of their new journal: By drawing ...

<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammurabi%27s_Code" target=_blank>Hammurabi's Code</a>, an early legal innovation.

OCT 31, 2006 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Equitable Legalization: Give Consumers Legal Protection against Amoral Trade

Kim Beng Phar describes the difficult and often impossible legal paths that citizens and consumers face when trying to sue for human rights violations in ...

Street Scene in Peshawar, Pakistan. <br>Photo by Maxence Tombeur

OCT 18, 2006 Article

Van Dyk Diary: Ramadan in Peshawar

Jere Van Dyk returns to his old haunts in Peshawar and is awed by the faith that permeates life there. Yet violence is just beneath ...

OCT 13, 2006 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Reversing Babel

Nikolas K. Gvosdev, editor of The National Interest, discusses the emergence of English as globalization’s lingua franca and the moral implications of greater ease ...

China's New-Rich and Global Responsibility

OCT 13, 2006 Article

China's New-Rich and Global Responsibility

China's authorities have recently come under fire from foreign governments and human rights groups for Chinese business practices in other countries. Eisenman and Stewart delve ...

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OCT 12, 2006 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Development and the WTO: Two Separate Undertakings

Liem Giok In asserts that developing countries must claim their own negotiation space in global trade talks. She proposes a two-track approach to multilateral negotiations: ...

OCT 12, 2006 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Camel Milk Travels from the Desert to the Dairy

As a solution that derives from local knowledge and is adapted to the native climate, camel-milk harvesting presents an opportunity to alleviate hunger while establishing ...

OCT 12, 2006 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: From the Desert to the Dairy: Interview with Camel-Milk Entrepreneur Nancy Abeiderrahmane

Interview with Nancy Abeiderrahmane, founder of a camel milk dairy in Mauritania that is using local knowledge and resources to spur economic development and fight ...

SEP 29, 2006 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Strategic Communications and the Web: Rapporteur's Summary

Rapporteur's summary of the presentations and discussions at Strategic Communications and the Web, an event designed to explore new ways that nonprofits can use the ...