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Nixon and Mao: The Week that Changed the World

FEB 21, 2007 Podcast

Nixon and Mao: The Week that Changed the World

How did this momentous meeting between two leaders lay the foundations for today's complex and difficult relationship between the United States and China?

Coal power plant. Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/davipt/164341428/" target=_blank>Bruno D. Rodrigues</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/" target=_blank>CC</a>).

FEB 21, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Central versus Local

More than any other countries, China and the U.S. hold the key to whether humanity can put the brakes on its greenhouse gas emissions ...

The Silence of the Rational Center

FEB 20, 2007 Article

New York Times Book Review: The Silence of the Rational Center

The authors Stefan Halper and Jonathan Clarke offer many persuasive and valuable arguments against reductive thinking in foreign policy.

FEB 16, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Patent Absurdity

As a general rule, it pays to be skeptical of someone looking to sell something they can't possibly own. The human genetic code would appear ...

FEB 12, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Fairness as Antidote to Religious Fundamentalism

National development strategies are insufficient for overcoming the problems in poor countries. Cooperation at the regional and world level is needed to solve the problems ...