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DEC 1, 2010 Journal

Winter 2010 (24.4)

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/xclockwise/4925288614/">counterclockwise</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

NOV 24, 2010 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Science Diplomacy in South Asia

The United States should play a more active role in building trust between India and Pakistan around nonpolitical issues such as science and sustainability.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kinnerety/2046334456/" target=_blank">The hidden lake, Israel</a>, by Kinneret Yifrah (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en" target=_blank">CC</a>)

NOV 23, 2010 Article

Water, Water Everywhere

A constructive engagement over water supply and stewardship might just create an atmosphere conducive to constructive dialogue on more contentious problems in the Middle East ...

NOV 22, 2010 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Kongjian Yu: The Art of Survival

Landscape architect Kongjian Yu is pioneering energy efficient and spiritually enriching designs to reconnect China's rapid urbanization to the land.

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kkoshy/3646793728/">Koshy Koshy</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

NOV 19, 2010 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Saving the Last Tiger Strongholds

An additional $35 million per year for population monitoring, stronger law enforcement, and community organizing could enable tiger numbers to double in their last 42 strongholds.

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thorius/4281017873/">Tor Paulin</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

NOV 12, 2010 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Rare Earths Diplomacy

The world should expect China to leverage its dominance in rare earth elements to climb up the manufacturing value chain and build green technologies in ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/anaxila/508751871/">anaxila</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

NOV 2, 2010 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Peer-to-Peer Microfinance Empowers Young Entrepreneurs

United Youth Development Organization facilitates peer-to-peer microlending between young people to tap their energy and innovation for sustainable entrepreneurship and development.

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jliba/3496259672/">Josh Libatique</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

OCT 29, 2010 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: The Untapped Potential of Japanese Civil Society

Civil society in Japan is far more vibrant than it was 20 years ago, yet a discouraging regulatory environment continues to stifle the sector's potential.

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/adforce1/4200107971">William Cho</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

OCT 28, 2010 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Welcome to the Urban Revolution

We must become masters of a sustainable, just, and ecological urbanism writes Jeb Brugmann in his analysis of how the advantages of urban settlement are ...

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OCT 21, 2010 Article

Ukraine: Reset to a Future of Strength

The "reset button" between Washington and Moscow, far from leaving our former Soviet allies in the cold, has enabled a country like Ukraine to pursue ...