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.
Olympian Dreams
[Editors Note: With the commencement of the 2012 Summer Olympics upon us, the United Kingdom and the world has been eagerly anticipating this moment since the International Olympic Committee selected London eight years ago.
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[Editor's Note: After more than three decades in power, President Ali Abdullah Saleh handed over power on Wednesday, bowing to the protesters who have spent months in occupying "Change Square" and other locations across the country.
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by Martine Gozlan
TUNIS— It is the first challenge of the first Arab Revolution. On Sunday, October 23, Tunisians will elect their representatives for the Constituent Assembly, whose first task will be to draw up a future Constitution for the new Tunisia.
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