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 INDEX - July 8, 2010
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The Swiss Parliament has passed legislation allowing UBS officials to hand over the names of 4,450 American tax evaders to the Internal Revenue Service immediately.
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The Italian Senate has passed a controversial bill limiting police wiretaps but also imposing sanctions on newspapers that publish information obtained from these wiretaps.
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