DEC 20, 2006 • Article
Environmental Treaties: Inconvenience or Opportunity?
The Kyoto Protocol took effect on February 16, 2005, as the first legally binding environmental treaty committed to reducing greenhouse emissions. But the United States, the world's ...
DEC 20, 2006 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Environmental Treaties: Inconvenience or Opportunity?
The Kyoto Protocol took effect on February 16, 2005, as the first legally binding environmental treaty committed to reducing greenhouse emissions. But the United States, the world's ...
DEC 20, 2006 • Article
Van Dyk Diary: Khost, Southeast Afghanistan
Despite an American military presence here, the Taliban are back and Khost is more dangerous than it was a few years ago. There are suicide ...
DEC 19, 2006 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: The AccountAbility Story
AccountAbility's mission is to advance innovations in accountability in order to promote sustainable development. It strives to build the definitions and requirements for accountability and ...
DEC 18, 2006 • Article
Van Dyk Diary: Baluchistan, Pakistan
Baluchistan borders on Afghanistan and Iran. In the past it was a haven for the Mujahideen; now it harbors the Taliban and perhaps ...
DEC 18, 2006 • Article
ROUNDTABLE: Baluchistan and the War on Terror
Is the rugged province of Baluchistan a haven for al-Qaeda and the Taliban? How do Pakistanis and Afghans view the situation there?
DEC 18, 2006 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: South Africa Takes Leading Role on Same-sex Marriage Rights
South Africa recently legalized same-sex marriage in a move demonstrating further progress from a past fraught with inequality and discrimination. South Africa is the first ...
DEC 15, 2006 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Diamond Movie Unearths Rock-hard Ethical Dilemmas
Given that cinema is a cultural tastemaker, Blood Diamond has a chance of damaging the global diamond trade, one of sub-Saharan Africa’s most profitable ...