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JUL 30, 2009 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Wise Power: How an aging Japan can maintain influence

Soft power is an aging Japan's best path to maintain international influence.

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JUL 30, 2009 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Good Ideas Are From Anywhere

The recent confirmation hearings of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor touched upon a central issue of the international legal and moral order: natural law and ...

JUL 29, 2009 Podcast

Interview with Brian Trelstad

"Where we are fiercely critical of grants-based approaches is the design of services that ignore the end recipient," says Acumen Fund chief investment officer Brian ...

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JUL 28, 2009 Podcast

Patriotism and Cosmopolitanism

As Americans in a globalized world, how can we define our moral responsibilities to humanity? Carnegie Council President Joel Rosenthal recommends a "cosmopolitan patriotism," rooted ...

JUL 24, 2009 Podcast

The Missing Ingredient: Applied Ethics

Policies are often debated along three dimensions: effectiveness, efficiency, and expediency. In place of a fourth dimension—applied ethics—we usually find sensationalism and polarization. ...