MAR 20, 2007 • Article
"To Be Read" Book Review Column: Christopher Tyerman, "God's War: A New History of the Crusades"
Tyerman lays out the New Testament tradition at the beginning of his treatise on the Crusades, raising the immediate question: how did Crusaders manage to ...
MAR 19, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Want to Expand the Middle Class? Improve Low-Wage Jobs
Progressives aren't alone in worrying about the widening income gap these days. Even Federal Reserve Chief Ben Bernanke expresses concern. Much of the focus has ...
MAR 8, 2007 • News
The Council Announces the Publication of "Preventive War and American Democracy" by Scott A. Silverstone
How did the once unassailable U.S. norm against preventive war become powerless by 2003? In this valuable new book, Dr. Silverstone explores the changing attitudes ...
MAR 7, 2007 • Podcast
Global Human Rights Leadership: Who Will Fill the Void Left by the United States?
With Washington's reputation as a leader on human rights gravely damaged by abuses committed in its five-year-old "global war on terror," who will fill the ...
MAR 6, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Oprah's Academy Gets A+
Good leadership makes all the difference. So why are people complaining about Oprah's new school in South Africa, a leadership academy for girls? Is her ...
MAR 5, 2007 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Ruggie Tells States to Mind Their Businesses
Susan Aaronson outlines the tricky territory of states, corporations, and NGOs that John Ruggie navigated while preparing a United Nations report on human rights and ...
MAR 2, 2007 • Article
Three Suggestions For How To Improve Matters in Iraqi Kurdistan
The danger Kurdistan faces is overwhelming. Their peripheral region falls between two hostile capitals, Ankara and Tehran. Below, what is now known as the world’...
MAR 1, 2007 • Podcast
American Islam: The Struggle for the Soul of a Religion
Over six million Muslims of different backgrounds live in the United States, and for the most part, says Paul Barrett, they are highly assimilated. But ...