Home About Us Using This Site Policy Areas Search Contact Us Subscribe to our Email Alert Links Welcome to Policypointers Policypointers is an online facility created to enable those involved in government, academe and the media to gain rapid access to the research and conclusions of think tanks around the world. We believe that policymakers and those who influence the policymaking function can frequently learn from the research done and the results achieved in countries other than their own. This belief is the rationale for creating this website. Latest additions to the site Sudan: Between Reform and Conflict ARI A 38-page paper on the political situation in Sudan Governance & Politics    Posted 09-05-2008 False Promises, Sound Principles: The Way Forward in EU-Russian Relations FIIA This 7-page Finnish briefing paper proposes a strategy for the EU to follow in its relations with Russia Foreign Policy    Posted 07-05-2008 What is to be Done with Serbia? ISS-EU A 3-page analysis paper offering suggestions for the EU to consider in its short-term approach to Serbia European Union  Governance & Politics  Posted 07-05-2008 Kosovo: The View from Serbia ISS-EU A 6-page analysis of Serbian public and political opinion over the Kosovo issue Governance & Politics  European Union  Posted 07-05-2008 Time to Think of a Strategic Bargain with Russia CEPS This 6-page policy brief sketches the moves that would transform relations between Russia and the West Foreign Policy  European Union  Posted 06-05-2008 The Social Costs of Dangerousness: Prison and the Dangerous Classes CCJS This 30-page UK monograph explores how "dangerization" is leading to the legitimisation of a negative and punitive approach to criminal justice Crime, Law & Order    Posted 06-05-2008 Good and Bad News on Global Development CIS MIT A US essay comparing the performance of economic development and development policy International Development    Posted 06-05-2008 Addressing Iran's Nuclear Ambitions MIT CIS A 20-page US House testimony on US policy towards Iran's nuclear ambitions Defence, Terrorism & Security  Foreign Policy  Posted 06-05-2008 Missile Defense Malfunction: Why the Proposed U.S. Missile Defenses in Europe Will Not Work CCEIA A US paper criticising the proposed deployment of a missile defence system in Eastern Europe Defence, Terrorism & Security    Posted 06-05-2008 Breaking the Suicide Pact: U.S.-China Cooperation on Climate Change CEIP This 8-page US policy brief calls for US-China cooperation to avoid climate disaster Environment  Foreign Policy  Posted 06-05-2008 Algeria Under Bouteflika: Civil Strife and National Reconciliation CEIP A 24-page US paper examining President Bouteflika's efforts to restore stability to Algeria Governance & Politics  Defence, Terrorism & Security  Posted 06-05-2008

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