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.
Stumbling Into War
[This post was originally published by Democracy Arsenal.]
By Michael A. Cohen
I've been trying very hard to find reasons to be supportive of the current US/UN war in Libya - but it's getting increasingly difficult. And the main reason is that it looks a lot like amateur hour at the White House right now.
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.











