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.
Memorial Day: A Veteran's Reflections on Duty and Honor
By Glenn Petersen
Is honor an all or nothing proposition? As I ponder the many exhortations on this Memorial Day to honor those who died defending our country, I find myself confronting the question—as a soldier, is doing one’s duty always honorable?
Q&A with Eman Mohammed
Eman Mohammed is the only female professional photographer based in the Gaza Strip. The self-taught, 22-year-old Palestinian, whose photographs have appeared in The Guardian and Le Monde, has been covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since 2006.
The Myth of a Kinder, Gentler War
By Michael A. Cohen
We learn from history that we learn nothing from history. —George Bernard Shaw
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