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Photo of Tiananmen Square <br>taken by the author during the trip.

APR 2, 2009 Article

Reverse China Hedge

Several factors might explain China's multifaceted approach toward the United States, including economic woes, uncertainty about how the financial crisis will play out, and an ...

APR 1, 2009 Journal

Winter 2009 (23.4)

APR 1, 2009 Journal

Spring 2009 (23.1)

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chris_carpenter/250580962/">Chris Carpenter</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

MAR 31, 2009 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Simultaneous Policy for Global Problems

Instead of a global race to the bottom, coordinated international action could help governments make tough policy choices without scaring off capital and factories. John ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/midpath/362221432/">Jason Knits</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

MAR 18, 2009 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: The Foreign Exchange Transaction Reporting System

The April G-20 summit in London should aim to achieve oversight of global banks and other financial players. Transparent foreign exchange reporting and a currency ...

"Restart Button"<br> Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/statephotos/3338931387/" target="_blank">U.S. Department of State</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/deed.en" target="blank_">CC</a>)

MAR 13, 2009 Article

Reset Button Plus

David C. Speedie argues that the Obama mantra for U.S.-Russia relations is "hit the 'reset button,'" yet the Clinton years (1992-2000) were ...

MAR 12, 2009 Journal

Briefly Noted

This section contains a round-up of recent notable books in the field of international affairs.

MAR 12, 2009 Journal

The End of the West? Crisis and Change in the Atlantic Order by Jeffrey Anderson, G. John Ikenberry, and Thomas Risse

This edited collection takes stock of the state of the Western alliance, seeking both to improve our theoretical understanding of conflict and crisis and to ...

MAR 12, 2009 Journal

Network Power: The Social Dynamics of Globalization by David Singh Grewal

According to Grewal, we need to understand globalization as a process in which we participate by choice but not necessarily voluntarily—one in which common ...

MAR 12, 2009 Journal

International Trade and Labor Standards: A Proposal for Linkage by Christian Barry and Sanjay G. Reddy

Barry and Reddy challenge us to envision a world where workers everywhere can make a living wage in safe conditions and globalization does not drive ...