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- Neal Stephenson: Innovation Starvation http://www.worldpolicy.org/journal/fall2011/innovation-starvation 121 comments
- Russia's HIV Epidemic is Expanding http://www.worldpolicy.org/sites/default/files/uploaded/image/iulz3gipcefy.jpg 17 comments europe
- Young, Russian, Gay, and Pro-Putin http://www.worldpolicy.org/blog/2016/05/02/young-russian-gay-and-pro-putin 8 comments russia
- For Peace to Last, the Balkans Need Pragmatism http://www.worldpolicy.org/blog/2013/09/05/peace-last-balkans-need-pragmatism 12 comments europe
- A recent survey says 61 million children in China are growing up without one or both parents; 2.06 million of those children are left to fend for themselves. http://www.worldpolicy.org/journal/summer2013/chinas-left-behind 3 comments worldnews
- In the last 30 years, the Arctic ice sheet has shrunk by 1.5 million square miles (about the size of India, France and Italy combined). Between 2011 and 2012 alone, it shrunk by 386,102 square miles (about the size of Texas and Arizona combined). http://www.worldpolicy.org/journal/spring2013/map-room 89 comments science
- Britain's Lost Influence, Bankers' Lost Bonuses http://www.worldpolicy.org/blog/2013/03/05/britains-lost-influence-bankers-lost-bonuses 81 comments europe
- On Chinese foreign policy, the narrative is clear. After two centuries of humiliation at the hands of the West, it's pushback time [opinion]. http://www.worldpolicy.org/blog/2013/02/19/chinas-dream-regional-hegemony 6 comments internationalpolitics
- In Russia, proposed bill will ban pride parades and public LGBT awareness events, as well as what has been deemed as pro-gay attitudes on television http://www.worldpolicy.org/blog/2013/02/11/stifled-pride 1472 comments worldnews
- Did the Sahara dry out because the Amazon stopped flowing into Africa when the continents split? http://www.worldpolicy.org/sites/default/files/node_img/Split%20Map_0.jpg 4 comments askscience
- For the first time, geologists have comprehensively mapped Africa's groundwater. It turns out that deep underneath some the of the most drought-afflicted regions of the planet, there are vast freshwater aquifers containing 60 times as much water as all the American Great Lakes combined. http://www.worldpolicy.org/journal/winter2012/map-room 1050 comments science
- World Policy Journal: It's always been tough to live in landlocked states, but American cotton subsidies make it even tougher. So far, it looks like the next U.S. farm bill will maintain these subsidy levels, even though the WTO has called them illegal. http://www.worldpolicy.org/blog/2012/11/22/landlocked-states-uphill-battle-made-worse-american-subsidies 4 comments worldevents
- Merkel emerges as EU's True Leader, leads German (and EU) Pivot to China http://www.worldpolicy.org/blog/2012/08/31/germanys-pivot-china 4 comments europe
- Rapid-fire Coup: The Fall of Paraguay's Priest President | World Policy Institute http://www.worldpolicy.org/blog/2012/07/03/rapid-fire-coup-fall-paraguays-priest-president 6 comments worldnews
- One Small Step for Space Technology, One Giant Step for Space Policy | why NASA's new space strategy is the most important policy shift since Kennedy promised to take a man to the moon http://www.worldpolicy.org/blog/2012/07/02/one-small-step-space-technology-one-giant-step-space-policy 7 comments space
- Neil Stephenson thinks SF needs to get its act together http://www.worldpolicy.org/journal/fall2011/innovation-starvation 13 comments books
- Neal Stephenson: Innovation Starvation http://www.worldpolicy.org/journal/fall2011/innovation-starvation 3 comments reddit.com
- We must learn how others replaced this "tyranny of the majority" with Proportional Representation (PR), and bring real political reform. Some form of PR is used by most of the world’s major democracies. This plurality system is morally bankrupt and has to go. http://www.worldpolicy.org/globalrights/democracy/abcs.html 11 comments politics