![U.S. Secretary of State Rice and President Obiang,<br> Equatorial Guinea CREDIT: <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Secretary_Rice_and_President_Obiang.jpg" target=_blank>U.S. State Dept</a>](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/US-Sec-Rice-Pres-Obiang_2023-04-10-054236_hvrh.jpg?v=1721250792)
FEB 1, 2008 • Article
The Resource Curse: Stopping the Flow of Stolen Resources (Part 3)
Calculations show that oil companies illicitly transport into the U.S. over 600 million barrels of oil each year. This is 12.7 percent of U.S. oil ...
![Panning for Diamonds, Sierra Leone<br> CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/brianharringtonspier/455875454/" target="_blank">Brian Harrington Spier</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>)](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/Sierra-Leone-Diamonds_2023-04-10-054240_matw.jpg?v=1721238877)
FEB 1, 2008 • Article
The Resource Curse: Might Makes the Right to Sell? (Part 2)
Customary practices left over from the era of absolute state sovereignty still give property rights to whoever can exert coercive control over a population. This ...
![Gas flares, Nigeria. Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/travelling_e/229048139/">Ellie Sandercock</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/">CC</a>).](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/BreakFree_2023-04-10-054242_fvdx.jpg?v=1721250794)
FEB 1, 2008 • Article
The Resource Curse: Property Rights and the Resource Curse (Part 1)
Because of a major flaw in the international trade system, consumers in rich countries unknowingly buy stolen goods every day. The raw materials used to ...
![In the melting pot, by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/28481088@N00/201872285/" target="_blank">tanakawho</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en" target="_blank">CC</a>).](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/melting_pot_2023-04-10-054245_kwnm.jpg?v=1721250796)
JAN 31, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: The Melting Pot, the Salad Bowl, and the Confucian Ideal
Many have argued we are entering a multipolar world. Yet, this competition will not simply take place in terms of varying approaches to foreign policy ...
![CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/itsgreg/119849698/">Greg</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/bananas_2023-04-10-054248_rfbf.jpg?v=1721250798)
JAN 31, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: The Fair Trade Future
The Fair Trade movement is a promising vehicle for alternative globalization, yet its dramatic growth has fueled a number of new challenges. Has Fair Trade's ...
![Mr. Yuck stickers discourage children from <br>drinking household cleaners. Courtesy of <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/handforged/161839504/"><br>Nicholas Carey</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/mr_yuk_2023-04-10-054251_pbuo.jpg?v=1721250800)
JAN 30, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Globalization Poison
The blame game for toxic toys and bad loans makes big headlines. But international scrutiny can also promote accountability.
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JAN 29, 2008 • Podcast
Update on the Korean Peninsula
Economist and North Korea expert Marcus Noland discusses scenarios for North Korea’s nuclear disarmament, maintaining that the DPRK is becoming increasingly vulnerable to outside ...
![The vicious spiral of partisanship. Photo <br>by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/victoriabush/42274451/">Victoria Bush</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/spiral_flag_2023-04-10-054254_qnvl.jpg?v=1721251577)
JAN 23, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Partisanship and U.S. Trade Policy
U.S. trade policy has become increasingly partisan, but progress on trade issues during an election year is unlikely.