David Rieff discusses grief, remembrance, and 9/11 in "The Mortality of Grief," The New York Observer. September 14, 2010.
A Solution to the Palestinian Refugees Issue
Professor Alon Ben-Meir discusses the refugee crisis in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in "A Solution to the Palestinian Refugees Issue." alonben-meir.com, September 14, 2010
The Trouble with Global Education
WPI Senior Fellow Claudia Dreifus and co-author Andrew Hacker raise important questions about the international expansion of US campuses in "The Trouble with Global Education." Newsweek, September 13, 2010.
Michele Wucker on Global Press Conference Radio
Pittsburgh World Affairs Council President Steve Sokol interviews WPI Executive Director Michele Wucker about immigration policy on "Global Press Conference" on KQV Newsradio. The program aired Sept 10-12, 2010.
Non-Iraqi Solutions to Iraqi Problems
The unstable state of Iraqi politics has developed into an issue of international concern. Jamila El-Gizuli, a PhD candidate in comparative politics at the City University of New York, discusses diplomatic efforts to break the current political deadlock.
by Jamila El-Gizuli
Fixing the Borders (Without a Wall)
The recent Arizona controversy is one of many that has added fuel to the debate over open immigration. Michele Wucker, Executive Director of the World Policy Institute, assesses the situation. Reprinted from the World Policy Journal’s Winter 2006/7 edition.
by Michele Wucker
Comedy Beat Story on It’s a Funny World
Carl Unegbu of http://comedybeat.com/ writes about the World Policy Institute's "It's a Funny World" international comedy night. September 10, 2010.
Communism’s Cuban Orphans
In a conversation this week with Atlantic correspondent Jeffery Goldman, Fidel Castro admitted that the Cuban socialist economic system was failing. As Washington considers loosening the trade embargo, the World Policy Journal reflects on Silvana Paternostro's spring 1996 article on the economic difficulties faced by the common Cuban.
Inside Mexico’s Drug War
The arrest and charge of American cartel leader Edgar Valdez Villareal comes as the Mexican drug war intensifies. Tomas Kellner and Francesco Pipitone take an in depth look at the situation. Reprinted from the World Policy Journal's spring issue.
by Tomas Kellner and Francesco Pipitone
World Policy on Air: Ian Bremmer
Ian Bremmer, the founding president of Eurasia Group, believes neither the world nor the United States is headed for a double-dip recession, but that the big unknowns are the black swans – the failure of the nonproliferation regime and financial regulation – which an increasingly brittle global economy is ill-prepared to withstand.