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.
Eric Alterman -Think Again: Blame Gitmo
ERIC ALTERMAN. "Think Again: Blame Gitmo," Center for American Progress, January 14, 2010. "Conservative temperatures rose shortly after Christmas when reports surfaced that members of a group that took “credit” for the failed “underpants” attack had previously been detainees at Guantanamo Bay. For instance, right-wing pundit Mark Steyn worried about “Gitmo recidivists now running around Yemen” and what he called “the Gitmo-Yemen express checkout.” Too bad Steyn and his fellow conservatives were working from a fictional script."
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