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November highlights include:

The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism
Andrew Bacevich
Bacevich argues that the government the Founders envisaged no longer exists, replaced by an imperial presidency and a passive, incompetent Congress.

Economic Gangsters: Corruption, Violence, and the Poverty of Nations
Raymond Fisman (A Policy Innovations Event)
Fisman follows the foreign aid money trail into the grasping hands of corrupt governments and shady underworld characters.

The Squandering of America: How the Failure of Our Politics Undermines Our Prosperity
Robert Kuttner
The economy has become recklessly speculative, jeopardizing not only the prospects of ordinary Americans, but the solvency of the entire system.

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A Slick Solution for Oil Markets
Oil prices are declining, yet market prices remain high, causing economic suffering around the world. To get things back on track, writes Susan Aaronson, policymakers will have to attempt some slick solutions.

Peace Breaks Out in the Taiwan Strait
While global attention is focused on wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Georgia, a little-observed positive trend is taking place in one of the world's hot spots, writes Sheridan Prasso.




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Beyond Microfinance
Although microfinance has helped millions of individuals, it doesn't create much real economic growth, writes Michael Strong. But some organizations are moving beyond microfinance to create more substantial rural enterprises.

Public Diplomacy and the 2008 Election
Hidden in the U.S. presidential election is the promise of a renewed emphasis on public diplomacy, writes William Vocke. But how can America renew a lost love affair with the rest of the world?

ROUNDTABLE: The Nation-State The nation-state is an anachronistic myth which should be shed once and for all, declares Devin Stewart. Nikolas Gvosdev and David Andelman disagree.




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EDITOR'S NOTE

WHAT'S NEW

NEW INITIATIVE ON U.S. GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT
Under the auspices of Program Director/Senior Fellow David Speedie, the program's focus will be in three areas: U.S. relations with partners among the established democracies, including the NATO alliance; U.S. relations with what might be termed "problematical allies," such as Russia and Pakistan; and U.S. relations with states which are deemed "of deep concern," such as Iran and Syria.

GLOBAL ETHICS CORNER
Inaugurated by Program Director/Senior Fellow William Vocke on October 17, GEC offers a weekly 90-second video devoted to newsworthy ethical issues. The first one, on the U.S. elections and world opinion, immediately prompted Samaa TV (a sister organization of CNBC Pakistan) to interview Vocke.

JUST OUT: ETHICS & INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, FALL ISSUE
This issue includes articles on the morality of immigration, keeping the peace in Africa, horizontal accountability in intergovernmental organizations, business and human rights, and The Oxford Handbook of International Relations.

SYMPOSIUM: FEAR, CIVIL LIBERTIES AND THE RULE OF LAW
On October 17 and 18, Council President Joel Rosenthal and Senior Fellow Jeff McCausland were the keynote speakers at Part I of this symposium, addressing audiences in Portland and in Bangor, Maine. Audio and transcript of the event coming soon.

COUNCIL SENDS DELEGATION TO BEIJING
In September a Council delegation met with Chinese academics, policymakers, think tank scholars, and businesspeople. Their goal was to lay the groundwork for China-Japan-U.S. dialogues on ethics, energy, climate change, and faculty and curriculum development.

COUNCIL PARTNERS WITH PUBLIC ETHICS RADIO
Launched in August by the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics in Australia, PER is an online audio broadcast featuring scholars and thinkers who engage with ethics in public life. The Council is pleased to offer PER audios and podcasts on our website. For more information, go to http://publicethicsradio.org/ or sign up for our podcasts to receive programs automatically.

RECENT HIGHLIGHTS

• RUSSIA AND GEORGIA: HOW DID WE GET THERE AND WHAT'S NEXT?
  In the first public event of the Global Engagement program, Georgia and Russia expert Oksana Antonenko and David Speedie discuss the history behind the headlines and what the future may bring to this troubled region.



• CAN WEB 2.0 REVOLUTIONIZE CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY?
  This lively panel examines the intersection of Web 2.0 technologies and the effort to hold corporations to account for both the harms and benefits they create.



• TERROR AND CONSENT: THE WARS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
  The world is in the midst of a great transition from nation states to "market states", says Philip Bobbitt, and consequently almost every widely-held idea we currently have about 21st century terrorism is wrong.

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