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.
Rapid-fire Coup: The Fall of Paraguay's Priest President
By Babur Asad
ASUNCION, Paraguay—How quickly can a nation legally depose its leader and install a new one? In Paraguay last week, President Fernando Lugo was impeached, found guilty, and removed from office—all within 24 hours.
THE INDEX — June 22, 2010
Gunpowder exploded underground in Pingdingshan City in central China, killing at least 46 miners. The state-run Xinhua news agency is reporting at least 26 miners, of the 72 that were underground at the time of impact, were able to make it to safety.
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Tags: Africa, Asia, Burundi, China, Colombia, Conflict, Democracy, elections, Juan Manuel Santos, mine, South America THE INDEX - June 7, 2010
Google is facing more potential legal problems after Australia’s attorney general said the company had illegally collected personal information over insecure wireless networks while assembling data and pictures for Google Str
