Illuminating the Arts-Policy Nexus 
Illuminating the Arts-Policy Nexus is a fortnightly series of articles on the role of art in public policymaking. This series invites WPI fellows and project leaders as well as external practitioners to contribute pieces on how artists have led policy change and how policymakers can use creative strategies.
In Every Nation for Itself: Winners and Losers in a G-Zero World, World Policy Institute Senior Fellow Ian Bremmer illustrates a historic shift in the international system and the world economy—and an unprecedented moment of global uncertainty.
Egypt's New Crisis: The Economy
By Michael Downey
Since the beginning of the protests that ultimately brought down Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's tourism industry, which makes up one-tenth of the country's GDP of about 217 billion, has collapsed. The other pillars of Egypt's economy, foreign investment and fees from the Suez Canal, have also taken serious hits.
Obama's Promises
By Henry "Chip" Carey
What a leader actually achieves in office is often quite different from what he proposes during an election campaign and what he attempts once elected. While scholars have suggested that most presidents try to keep most of their campaign promises, the exceptions are quite telling, and often disturbing.
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