Recent Articles
MAY 21, 2014 • Journal Online Exclusive
The Long Shadow: David Reynolds on World War I
For Reynolds, many of our contemporary problems have roots in what George Kennan called the "great seminal catastrophe" of the twentieth century: World War I.
MAY 21, 2014 • Article
"The Past is Another Country:" The Epic Battle for the Civil Rights Act
The 1964 Civil Rights Act was a triumph of one vision--one history--of one America over another. Clay Risen's "The Bill of the Century: The Epic Battle ...
MAY 21, 2014 • Article
The Little Red Dot and the Land of the Free: Singapore and the United States
What defines your country? How do you perceive someone from a totally different background? Who would have guessed that an exchange between a Singaporean and ...
MAY 21, 2014 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Reducing Emissions Is a Sure Bet for Caesars Entertainment
As a member of the EDF Climate Corps, Scott Miller was able to squeeze even more efficiency out of the lights and fountains of Las ...
MAY 21, 2014 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: 3 Tools for Turning Fragile States into Inclusive Societies
In Seth Kaplan's new book he identifies three tools for successful development in fragile states: social cohesion, an inclusive ideology, and incentives for elites.
MAY 19, 2014 • Article
The Long Shadow: David Reynolds on World War I
David Reynolds discusses the different ways the carnage of World War I is memorialized in Europe and its different long-term effects on Western and Eastern ...
MAY 14, 2014 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Islamophobia Is Not Just a Western Problem
The success of nationalists in India's election shows how easily an intricate social fabric can be rent for political purposes.
MAY 13, 2014 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Saving Tigers in Thailand
A potent combo of tactics is saving Thai tigers: science, government-NGO partnership, new technologies, judiciary enforcement, and honor for the brave and fallen park rangers.
MAY 6, 2014 • Article
The Lower Aguán in Honduras and the Deadly Battle Over Land Rights
The tumult in the Lower Aguán calls for a more thorough examination of the nature of land rights conflict and its role in making ...
MAY 5, 2014 • Article
Japan's Change Generation
For the past two decades, Tokyo has been described as stagnant, glacial, and arthritic. But that is only part of the story. Outside the government, ...