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January highlights include:
 The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
Paul Collier
What can and should we do to improve the plight of the poorest countries?
 Beyond the National Interest: The Future of UN Peacekeeping & Multilateralism in an Era of U.S. Primacy
Jean-Marc Coicaud
What has happened to multilateral international peacekeeping and humanitarian intervention?
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Recent Popular Articles from Policy Innovations
 A Kite Runner Approach to Understanding Corruption
"All sins are a variation of theft," according to the father character in Khaled Hosseini's novel The Kite Runner. And corruption is theft of public trust in institutions, writes Devin Stewart.
 Will China "Lose" the 2008 Olympics?
China's leaders hoped to use the Games to showcase the country's emergence as a dynamic, modern nation. But now, according to Ian Bremmer, they may be wondering if hosting the event was such a good idea after all.
 Tapping Partnerships for Drinkable Water
About 1.2 billion people have no access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation, a number that will grow if nothing is done. Ann Roberts reports on the work of partnerships and local projects.
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 EDITOR'S NOTE
 As 2007 draws to a close, all of us at the Carnegie Council wish you the very best for the holidays and for 2008.
In between celebrations, check out all the new audios, videos, articles, and transcripts on our two websites: www.cceia.org and our online magazine www.policyinnovations.org. Most of our events are also available as podcasts. Click here to subscribe.
WHAT'S NEW
ETHICS & INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, WINTER 2007, VOL 21.4
This issue of our quarterly journal features Tim Hayward on human rights versus emission rights; Richard Vernon on duties towards compatriots; Andrew F. March on Tariq Ramadan; Thomas Diez on Turkey and the EU; Scott Snyder on religious NGOs in North Korea; Brian Orend on the Just War tradition; and book reviews.
All Carnegie Council supporters and subscribers receive 20% discount on their Journal subscription! If you haven't joined us already, start the New Year right by becoming a member here.
 DEALING FAIRLY WITH DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEBT
Edited by Christian Barry, Barry Herman, and Lydia Tomitova
Published by Blackwell Publishing for the Carnegie Council, this volume grew out of the Ethics and Debt program, a joint project with the New School. "Both the care with which the essays are wrought, and their optimal mix of theoretic rigor and practical-cum-institutional sensitivity set a new benchmark."—Robert C. Hockett, Cornell University Law School.
ETHICS ONLINE @ THE ETHICAL BLOGGER
The Carnegie Council has teamed up with a group of partners to create the Ethical Blog Project. Its blog, The Ethical Blogger, clearly meets a need. Launched in late October, it is already reaching a wide audience and in November Google named it a "blog of note." Check it out here.
RECENT HIGHLIGHTS
PAKISTAN: THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN POLITICS AND EXTREMISM
Created as a Muslim state 60 years ago this August, Pakistan is in turmoil, wrestling with conflicts between secularism and Islam, order and free speech. What are the country's most critical challenges and what are the most practical solutions? Ahmed Rashid (author of The Taliban) analyses the situation.
THE FIRST CAMPAIGN: GLOBALIZATION, THE WEB, AND THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE
Garrett Graff explains the many ways in which the Internet has transformed the election process, giving more power to ordinary voters. Will candidates seize the moment and run the first campaign of the new era, or will they try to run the last one all over again?
RESPONSIBLE PROFIT: CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE GREEN ECONOMY
At the Council's third Workshop for Ethics in Business, topics included personal carbon trading, fair negotiating with developing countries, and a carbon price for the financial sector. This summary includes links to audios of the event and to a video shown during the workshop.
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