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.
An Enduring Tension
By Nicolaus Mills
In a speech before Congress that received 59 rounds of applause, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeated his charge that President Obama’s contention that “the borders of Israel and Palestine should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps” is a betrayal of Israel.
Detainee Photos Spark Digital Backlash
A soldier poses for a photograph with a bound and blindfolded Arab detainee. Human rights groups cry foul, noting that the offending soldier hails from a leading Western democracy. The army issues a response, stripping the soldier of her military status and publicly apologizing before a room full of international journalists.











