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 — 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 10, 2010
Iranian officials have closed down a factory that was producing figurines of citizens who died in election protests last year. The factory’s managing director, known only by his initials H.M., had campaigned for an opposition candidate in the elections and made the statuettes to commemorate those who had been killed in their aftermath.
admin's blog | Add new comment | Tags: Africa, Conflict, Democracy, elections, Europe, Free Speech, Iran, Middle East, Netherlands, Sudan, Uganda 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
