http://www.policypointers.orgen-usSat, 04 Feb 2012 21:13:56 +0000Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:13:56 +0000PolicyPointers . orgeditor@policypointers.orgeditor@policypointers.org60Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13661This 29-page report recommends that all sides should work to build confidence and lay the groundwork for the political talks needed to guide a gradual transformation in northern Kosovo and eventually ...Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13660This 35-page report lays out a series of concrete steps in six areas to improve relations between Russia, Europe, and the United States, leading to the eventual creation of a genuine Euro-Atlantic Sec...Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13659This 108-page UK report, the culmination of an international programme of research into the drivers and consequences of globalisation, calls for a rethink in international governance and a more 'perso...Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13658A 12-page monthly bulletin on current and potential conflicts around the world...Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13657A 22-page Danish working paper arguing that stabilisation activities do not engage fully with the underlying premise that stabilisation must support and engender local political legitimacyChristian De...Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13656This Israeli essay considers the challenges of governance and some of the leading issues on the national agenda awaiting the new Islamist-dominated government in Egypt Yoram Meital...Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13655A short UK guide to how the global financial crisis broke, and some ideas on how to get out of it James Meadway...Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13654A 3-page US essay considering whether the Kim regime is rational and why the people of North Korea have not rebelledDavid S. Maxwell regional...Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13653This 9-page Canadian essay examines the roots of the European project's debt crisisJeremy Kinsman governance, politics...Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13652This 2-page brief highlights research into sustaining local food systems, biodiversity and livelihoods. It showcases how farming communities are taking the lead in action research to revive diverse, l...Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13651This 29-page paper investigates the distribution of European Union Structural Funds across EU regionsThilo Bodenstein, Achim Kemmerling...Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13650This 116-page US study describes how Israeli-Iranian rivalry has intensified recently, particularly with the rise of fundamentalist leaders in Iran and the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran posing grav...Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13649This 56-page Germaqn report presents key lessons learnt and policy recommendations based on findings from the participatory research project “Non-state armed groups and security transition processes...Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13648A US commentary on the likely future of the existing Syrian regimeYezid Sayigh regional...Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13647An Israeli article assessing the possibility of an interim agreement being reached with Iran on the nuclear issueEphraim Asculai foreign policy...Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13646To guide the effort against NTDs this 22-page document sets out a new strategy that sets targets for what can be achieved by the end of the decadeLorenzo Savioli, Denis Daumerie...Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13645This 12-page US policy outlook considers how states can ensure that trade in dual-use goods and technologies does not contribute to WMD proliferation Togzhan Kassenova...Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13644This 32-page Canadian report argues that Canada’s provinces could learn from the Dutch and UK models as they seek better value for money in healthcare deliveryAke Blomqvist, Colin Busby...Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13643This 10-page report summarizes the rationale for continued U.S. investment in global health, lookd into the evolution of the Global Health Initiative and recommends a re-boot for the whole enterprise ...Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13642This 56-page Canadian study examines the delinquency trajectories of at-risk youth...Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13641A 64-page US report on regional developments in Central Asia and the implications for US policyJim Nichol...Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13640A 15-page US report outlining basic facts related to global TB, including characteristics of the epidemic and U.S. legislation, programmes, funding, and partnerships related to the global response to...Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13639This paper describes how the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) has emerged as a major player in the global economy and considers free trade agreements (FTAs) an important part of its global trading stra...Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13638This Australian report presents a review of pricing and taxation policy levers that have been considered and/or implemented nationally and internationally in an attempt to redress excessive alcohol co...Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13637This 84-page paper traces the structural factors driving anti-government mobilisation in Afghanistan in each successive phase of the country’s thirty years of conflicts Antonio Giustozzi, Niamatulla...Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13635This US article considers the nature of a possible US strike against IranGary J. Schmitt,Jamie M. Fly...Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13634This 4-page US brief offers recommendations for global health agencies to deal with shifts in global poverty and the disease burdenAmanda Glassman et al....Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13633An Australian update on the political situation in PakistanAlicia Mollaun...Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13632This Australian interview discusses the changes to the treatment of young adolescent people who sexually perpetrate against their siblings and the impacts and challenges that face their familiesCindy ...Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13631This Australian study is principally concerned with the ethical dimensions of identity management technology – electronic surveillance, the mining of personal data, and profiling – in the context ...Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/136302012This paper examines US counter-radicalisation strategy and outlines specific recommendations to counter the ideology behind violent domestic terrorism...Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13629This 23-page US policy paper outlines recommendations for engaging North Korean leadership and maximizing prospects for achieving the goal of denuclearization Evans Revere regional...Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13628A 92-page US working paper studying the long-term impacts of teachers on their studentsRaj Chetty et al....Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13626This discussion paper analyzes the mild response of the German labour market to the worst global recession in post-war history Ulf Rinne, Klaus F. Zimmermann...Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13625This 2-page US article argues that conditions in 2012, unlike those in years past, offer a realistic, if difficult, opening for a way forward to a peaceful end to the war in AfghanistanMichael Semple...Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13624A 36-page discussion paper examining the type of living arrangement experienced by elderly ChineseXiaoyan Lei et al....Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13623This 34-page discussion paper examines how California's paid family leave (PFL) programme affected leave-taking by mothers following childbirth, as well as subsequent labour market outcomesMaya Rossin...Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13622This 23-page paper provides the results of an Israeli simulation conducted in late October 2011 staged responses to a scenario of Iran carrying out a nuclear test.Yoel Guzansky, Yonathan Lerner...Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13621This US paper examines whether the aging services network will be able to sustain its current capacity and fully realize its potentialCarol V. O'Shaughnessy...Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13620A 41-page Australian working paper examining the impacts of recent Australian welfare to work reforms for low income parents of school-aged children who had been in receipt of Parenting Payment for a...Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13618A 9-page US issue brief finding that if wind energy were to reduce carbon dioxide, the savings would be so small as to be insignificant and so expensive as to be impractical Robert Bryce...Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13617This 7-page US essay discuss the dynamics and challenges facing Tunisia, Libya, Morocco and Algeria, the countries of the “Maghreb” (Arab-Islamic “West”), in the wake of the upheavals of 2011B...Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13616This 12-page Israeli paper updates and supplements ITIC's June 2011 study of the Muslim Brotherhood. It examines the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and other Arab countries in the wake of the past year's...Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13615A US analysis brief on worsening US-Iran relationsRobert McMahon foreign policy ...Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13614A US article arguing that although reformists tout the “Turkish model” as an example for Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, the countries’ different neoliberal trajectories suggest that Egypt’s Isl...Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13613This 30-page US paper argues that if it is to be successful in government, the Muslim Brotherhood must start setting its foreign policy, economic, and cultural prioritiesNathan J. Brown...Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13612A 58-page US paper explaining how, despite an initial inclination to lower the profile of U.S. democracy promotion, President Obama has had to confront a series of urgent, visible cases, from politica...Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13611A 2-page Singaporean commentary on China's need for improved "soft power"Benjamin Ho...Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13610A 9-page article considering whether Europeans have global impact in a multipolar ageThomas Renard, James Rogers...Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13609A 7-page Belgian security policy brief examining Afghanistan's future through different national and international lensesAlain Hanssen politics, governance...Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13608This 11-page Belgian policy brief considers how to make the CAP more equitable, green and market-orientedClémentine d'Oultremont...Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13607This 4-page UK article assesses the future likelihood of a co-ordinated governmental response to climate changePaul Rogers ...Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13606A 39-page guide for monitoring progress on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities...Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13605The main focus of this 190-page Norwegian thesis is on how foreign aid and development affects the stateØyvind Eggen...Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13604The focus of this 48-page study is to explore the effect that the deployment of a large share of wind energy has on the Northwest European power generation mix in the current market circumstancesNora...Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13603This 87-page US report presents 36-month results from a random assignment evaluation of a one-year programme that provided telephonic care management to encourage depressed parents, who were Medicaid ...Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13602This US essay proposes a fresh approach incorporating the concept of a nuclear weapons-free zone in Northeast Asia should be considered as a way of ensuring peace and security in the region Morton ...Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13601This 37-page US working paper aims to show that, contrary to conventional wisdom, the crisis in Europe is the result of an imbalance between core and noncore countries that is inherent in the euro eco...Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13600This 92-page US report examines options for improving the impact of HIV funding Sebastian Linnemayr et al....Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13599This online US guide is available to help hospitals and other health care organizations anticipate, avoid and address problems that can occur when adopting and using electronic health records...Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13596A 13-page US report on the implications of Russia's December 2011 elections for Russia and for US interestsJim Nichol...Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13595An 82-page US report on issues with IranKenneth Katzman foreign policy...Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13594A 30-page US report explaining the challenges topolitical transition in Tunisia presented by disputes over reform priorities,economic crisis, labour unrest, tensions between the privileged coastal reg...Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13593This 72-page US report makes the business case for private sector adaptation to climate change in ways that build the resilience of vulnerable communities in developing countries...Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13592This 7-page Australian policy brief argues that user fees are one of the main obstacles to increasing poor people’s access to health care in developing countries and thus promoting more inclusive fo...Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13591This 12-page Australian paper provides an overview of a range of approaches that a selection of countries have taken to address dementia...Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13590This 109-page Australian report examines the effectiveness of early intervention programs for children with a developmental disability or developmental delay regardless of underlying cause or conditio...Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13589A 40-page Canadian report into how best to provide adequate home care services to seniors in coming yearsJanice Keefe...Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13588This 54-page discussion paper analyzes the short- and long-term impacts for a variety of different programmes designed to assist the young unemployed into employment or further educationMarco Caliendo...Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13587This 36-page discussion paper summarizes existing evidence on welfare dependence among immigrants in Denmark and supplies new evidence with focus on the most recent yearsPeder J. Pedersen...Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13586This US article considers the implications of the unexpected rise of the Salafis in Egypt’s parliamentary election Omar Ashour...Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13585This 44-page US report outlines the top priorities for Africa in 2012 and beyond ...Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13584A commentary describing the amount of funding allocated for U.S. development spending in 2012 as a surprising achievement Kemal Derviş, Homi Kharas...Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13583This 35-page discussion paper analyzes how the share of immigrant children in the classroom affects the educational attainment of native Dutch childrenAsako Ohinata, Jan C. van Ours...Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13582An Israeli commentary on indications that the US is adopting a new and considerably more determined approach to Iran's nuclear programmeEmily Landau foreign policy ...Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13581This 52-page Danish working paper synthesises the main findings from four case studies of productive sectors in MozambiqueLars Buur et al....Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13580This 20-page US report describes five key practices of principals who focus on improving teaching and learning...Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13579This 10-page article argues that self-regulation by civil society organizations is a marketdriven approach to anti-corruption that often provides a more effective and efficient alternative to top-down...Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13577This 8-page US brief argues that in order to avoid unintentional conflict with Iran, there is an urgent need to establish better lines of bilateral communication at all levels-between military forces ...Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13576This 56-page US working paper develops and illustrates a prototype incentive system for promoting rapid reduction of forest clearing in tropical countriesDavid Wheeler et al....Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13575This Australian article argues for a nuanced response from Western countries to Kim Jong-un's accessionTessa Morris-Suzuki regional politics...Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13574An Australian article examining the changing political picture in RussiaJohn Besemeres...Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13573The 120-page second edition of this publication provides a quantitative overview of social trends across 36 Asia-Pacific countries and economies. It covers issues such as time use (particularly unpaid...Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13572This 234-page UK report has examined how environmental changes will influence and interact with patterns of global human migration over the next 50 years...Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13571This summary looks back on the key decisions from Durban and gives a first take on their implications for global efforts to tackle climate changeJennifer Morgan, Edward Cameron...Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13570This 191-page US report compares the current generation of youth and young adults in the United States to youth and young adults in 2000, 1990, and 1980Susan Aud et al....Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13569A 100-page US report on the future governance and security of Afghanistan and the implications for US policyKenneth Katzman regional...Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13568This 49-page Danish report considers the implications of China’s rapid rise for international orderAndreas Bøje Forsby...Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13566A 134-page theoretically-informed and policy-focused quantitative and qualitative study on young carers in Australia...Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13565This 12-page publication presents a synopsis of the latest published research examining violence against women in Australia and its prevention...Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13564This 92-page Australian staff working paper examines factors that potentially influence Indigenous labour market outcomes Annie Savvas et al....Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13563This paper describes how Indonesia’s military men and their fellow travellers in the conservative civilian elite are again feeling confident enough to challenge their exclusion from the political ma...Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13562A 12-page Australian perspective on Japan's strategic outlookRod Lyon foreign policy...Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13561This 58-page report describes the prevalence and trends of neural tube defects in Australia during the past decade ...Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13560A 16-page Australian report assessing the evidence of a trial of whether intensively supervising drug court participants in the early phases reduces early-phase substance use and sanctioning ratesCrai...Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13559A US article considering the implications of Kim Jong-il’s deathMichael Auslin regional...Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13558An Israeli article considering the possibility of normalizing relations between Israel and the Arab world Oded Eran...Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13557A 20-page US paper urging corrective action to overcome the flaws in the EEASStefan Lehne...Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13556Four commentaries assess the value of the Iraq warAndrew J. Bacevich et al. ...Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000http://www.policypointers.org/Page/View/13555A 609-page Australian report finding that a range of approaches is required to ensure that the stock of regulation is fit for purpose and to deliver net benefits to the community. They range from 'goo...