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| Foreign Policy Making"
Jonathon Moses and Torbjørn Knutsen argue that globalization has made traditional foreign ministries and State departments obsolete: issues now cut across domestic-international boundaries. In "Globalization and the Reorganization of Foreign Affairs' Ministries" they argue for a smaller co-ordinating Bureau of Foreign Affairs and the devolution of responsibilities to existing sectoral government departments. Published by the Netherlands Institute of International Relations. | By Netherlands Institute of International Relations , Netherlands, Norway. | Miscellaneous Policy Resource. |
| Palestine: The West Bank"
Excellent series of articles and photo essays exploring various aspects of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank. Eyal Weizman presents the various maps proposed for the division of the West Bank in the Allon, Sharon and Camp David peace plans. In addition there are fascinating articles on the politics of water, sewerage, bridges and roads. Published by the highly recommended site openDemocracy. | By openDemocracy , Palestine, Israel . | Miscellaneous Policy Resource. |
| International Benchmarking of Denmark "
A fascinating exercise in benchmarking Danish performance in a wide variety of policy arenas: productivity, inequality, educational achievement, health outcomes, satisfaction with the health system, tax burden. In each area international comparisons are given and the report highlights whether the data shows an improving or declining trend. For a government document this is a pretty honest attempt at an annual report | By , Denmark. | Miscellaneous Policy Resource. |
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