OCT 11, 2007 • Podcast
Corruption in the Public Eye
Documentarian Steve Dorst reflects on public perceptions of corruption and whether we're making progress combating it. This video was screened on September 19 at a GPI ...
OCT 10, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Moral Interest in Banking
Pakistan, whose constitution requires that all laws be brought in conformity with sharia, is transitioning to a completely interest-free economy. Islamic finance is booming in ...
OCT 10, 2007 • Podcast
Supercapitalism: The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life
With the advent of global capitalism, consumers have many more choices and investors are doing well. But democracy, charged with caring for all citizens, is ...
OCT 5, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Spoofing Big Brother
Conceptual artist Hasan Elahi documents his every move online with hundreds of pictures. He photographs the toilets he uses, the food he eats, the places ...
OCT 3, 2007 • Article
Some Good News from Iraq: Sweet Sixteen
Not all the news from Iraq is bad. Three years ago, Soham lost both her legs in a terrorist attack. American soldiers fly her to ...
OCT 2, 2007 • Article
Book Review: Charm Offensive
Kurlantzick sees a need for the U.S. to counter China's soft power, but avoids making any ethical judgment on its questionable elements, specifically China's ...
SEP 28, 2007 • News
Bloggingheads Video: China's Soft Power
Watch Devin Stewart of the Carnegie Council and Josh Kurlantzick of the Carnegie Endowment discuss China's Soft Power on bloggingheads.tv, an online forum of ...
SEP 26, 2007 • Podcast
The Stillborn God: Religion, Politics, and the Modern West
Mark Lilla notes that "it's not contemporary Islam that's the exception", but, "we are the exception. We live on the other shore from those who ...