MAR 24, 2011 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Obama's Tricky Trip to El Salvador
Coming into office, Obama seemed to be in tune with Latin America in terms of economic policy, but the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations indicate an about-face.
MAR 21, 2011 • Article
Canadian Tar Sands: There's No Such Thing as Ethical Oil (or Nuclear Power)
After the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and now the nuclear meltdown in Japan, it should be clear that oil and nuclear ...
MAR 18, 2011 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Witness to the Quake
Yuki Hanyu, a research scientist at Tohoku University in Sendai, wrote this report on the devastating earthquake in Japan, summarizing his situation in the immediate ...
MAR 10, 2011 • Article
Reflections from Moscow
After a recent visit to Moscow, David Speedie casts a sympathetic eye on Russia's contradictions and societal stresses--with particular focus on its heroin and HIV/...
MAR 2, 2011 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: 100% Renewable by 20XX
The right mix of technologies and policy tools is lining up to move the world off dirty energy by mid century, but it will take ...
FEB 28, 2011 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Better Safe than Sorry
Corporate executives should never have to apologize for violations when they can instead build global opportunities by advancing human rights.
FEB 28, 2011 • Article
WikiLeaks: An Overview, Part II
Did WikiLeaks really spark the unrest in Tunisia, as Assange and many pundits claim? No, writes Erik Schechter; but it has certainly influenced politics in ...
FEB 24, 2011 • Article
WAMC Radio's Alan Chartock Interviews Carnegie Council President Joel Rosenthal
Transcript of interview with Alan Chartock, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, first broadcast on February 24, 2011.