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NOV 12, 2010 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Rare Earths Diplomacy
The world should expect China to leverage its dominance in rare earth elements to climb up the manufacturing value chain and build green technologies in ...
NOV 12, 2010 • Podcast
Global Ethics Corner: Handpicking Successors and the Brazilian Elections
Brazil's President Lula da Silva handpicked Dilma Rousseff as his successor, even though she has never held political office. How important is continuity in governments? ...
NOV 10, 2010 • Podcast
Interview with Jonathan Rose on Green Real Estate
Jonathan Rose was one of the sustainability movement's "early adopters." He led the way in developing green affordable housing, and continues to focus on green ...
NOV 8, 2010 • Podcast
Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power
Robert D. Kaplan declares that the Indian Ocean area will be the true nexus of world power and conflict in the coming years and it ...
NOV 8, 2010 • Podcast
Why the West Rules--For Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future
Ian Morris draws on 50,000 years of history, archeology, and the methods of social science, to make sense of when, how, and why the paths of ...