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Icarus flew too close to the sun. Photo by <br><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/loriwright/185265674/">Lori Wright</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

JUL 23, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Fuel Costs Clip Airline Wings

The rising price of jet fuel has the global airline industry struggling to cut costs and stay aloft, but it also incentivizes the development of ...

Lost Celtic Tiger. Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/jaqian/308499768/">jaqian</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

JUL 18, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Is the Celtic Tiger Dead?

Nearly twenty-five years of Irish economic growth came to an end in June. Now policymakers must scramble to prevent a return to the hopeless, stagnant ...

Hotel Rwanda movie poster.

JUL 14, 2008 Article

Ethics on Film: Discussion of "Hotel Rwanda"

Based on the true story of a Rwandan hotel manager who saved the lives of over 1,200 refugees during the 1994 genocide, this film points blame at ...

An AIDS awareness poster in Zambia <br>encourages abstinence. Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/mvcorks/148239163/">Matt <br>Corks</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

JUL 8, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Preserving PEPFAR

President George W. Bush is fighting to preserve his controversial AIDS relief initiative, which has supported life-saving antiretroviral treatments for more than 1.7 million people since 2004.

Lots of natural light at the <br>New Belgium Brewery. <br>Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/smason/35596350/">Sean Mason</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

JUL 1, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Green Beer

Once reserved for St. Patrick's Day, green beer is now available year round in the form of more ecologically sound beers. Companies across the globe ...

"Interfaith," Design by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vaxzine/492625997/" target=_blank>vaXzine</a>

JUL 1, 2008 Article

In Search of Common Ground: The Role of a Global Ethic in Inter-Religious Dialogue

Initiatives such as "A Common Word Between Us" and Hans Küng's Global Ethic may mark the beginning of constructive dialogue between the West and ...

Security camera, friend or foe? Photo by <br><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/32557536/">Thomas Hawk</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

JUN 25, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: U Made an Illegal U-Turn

The South Korean metropolis of New Songdo is slated to be the world's largest "ubiquitous city," with tracking devices everywhere. The entrenchment of social surveillance ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/nadio/818855894/">nadi0</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

JUN 24, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Ready or Not, Here Comes the World

More than one country that is about to host a prestigious sporting event is facing international criticism over human rights and diplomacy.

Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/smallcommabig/1630615364/">Michael Brenton</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

JUN 20, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Big Beer Brewing

Many beer lovers fear that industry consolidation will lead to homogenization -- a process some deride as "lagerization."

African women collecting <br>muddy waters. Photo <br>courtesy of the <a href="http://www.studentmovementusa.org/" target="_blank">Student <br>Movement for Real Change</a>.

JUN 18, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: It's Like Oil, But Different

Water shortages could be as lethal in the twenty-first century as terrorism and the relentless exhaustion of energy reserves, but the U.S. presidential candidates ...