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SEP 16, 2010 Journal Online Exclusive

EIA Interview: Mathias Risse on Justice and Common Ownership of the Earth

Philosopher Mathias Risse discusses his concept of common ownership of the earth--the equal claim of each person to the planet and its resources--and what this ...

CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mlr654/3471443950">Martin Le Roy</a> (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/">CC</a>).

SEP 14, 2010 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Islands of Inertia

In the wake of Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan's victory over Ichiro Ozawa for control of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, is more inertia ...

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/erinmpage/4589561753/" target= _blank">Nuclear free zone</a> by Erinmarie Page  (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en" target=_blank">CC</a>)

SEP 7, 2010 Article

NWFZs: Pursuing a World Free of Nuclear Weapons

Today there are five Nuclear Weapon Free Zone (NWFZ) treaties, yet only one has been fully ratified. Sadly, the reservations of the nuclear weapon states, ...

"Iraq" photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/soldiersmediacenter/2357606823/" target="_blank">Army.mil</a> (CC)

SEP 3, 2010 Article

War Reporting as NBA Playoffs

Was the American public well served by media reporting during the war in Iraq? What of the choice of visual images, such as unfurling American ...

CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/deekay304/4647022764/">Deekay304</a> (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/">CC</a>)

AUG 24, 2010 Article

Is Peace Worth Fighting For?

Peace is worth fighting for--but that doesn't mean a blank check for military options, writes Joel Rosenthal. There are better, smarter, more moral ways to ...

AUG 20, 2010 Article

Can We Succeed Where Carnegie Failed?

The same Dunfermline-born Andrew Carnegie who spent his wealth on funding libraries and other grand institutions across Britain and America died a disappointed man, having ...

Cartoon by Art Young. Carnegie Council Archive

AUG 20, 2010 Article

Can We Succeed Where Carnegie Failed?

Carnegie's belief was that nations could resolve disputes without resorting to war. He worked hard to create mechanisms for achieving peace, but his hopes were ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/usarmyafrica/4036215477/" target="_blank">U.S. Army Africa</a>

AUG 19, 2010 Article

Should We Stop the Next Genocide?

Should the United States, as the world's greatest military power, use its might to prevent the next outbreak of ethnic violence from turning into a ...

AUG 18, 2010 Article

Is Peace Worth Fighting For?

Transcript of a speech at a August 18, 2010 Scottish Parliament’s Festival of Politics event, “Is Peace Worth Fighting For?“ “My remarks today are inspired not ...

AUG 13, 2010 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: A Chance to Dream

The Shanti Bhavan school helped erase my illiteracy through an education not confined to the pages of a textbook; an education demanding open-mindedness; an education ...