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.
Europe: Pain, No Gain
By Dovilas Bukauskas
The approach to Europe’s debt crisis has been, up until now, defined by a sink-or-swim attitude. Germany and France tell debt-afflicted countries they must commit to drastic cuts or watch their economies plunge.
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World Policy Journal interviewed Jonathan Carmel, of the New York-based firm Carmel Asset Management (CAM), about the deepening economic crisis in Spain. He explains why Spain is currently in a much worse economic position than most people think, what the implications of its financial crisis are, and what policy steps should be taken.
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