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.
The Middle East's Childish Games
By Andrew Wilson
Gaza rains rockets down on Israel, and Israel bombs Gaza. Abbas succeeds in gaining membership for Palestine in UNESCO, and Israel announces it is fast-tracking new settlements. The familiar, desultory rhythm of tit-for-tat continues in the Middle East.
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By Ghazala Irshad
The first cartoon displayed in the Cairo Atelier gallery was the last one Syrian cartoonist Ali Ferzat published on his website before being attacked in Damascus in August: a panicked President Bashar Assad hitching a ride in a getaway car with Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi.
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