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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 ...

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 ...