--- description: The crumbling ceasefire in Ukraine, the rise of corporate cannabis, drones in your local PD, strict discipline in charter schools, and more. title: These Are Today's Best Ideas image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Innovation](/tag/innovation/) ## Innovation Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Five Best Ideas of the Day: November 18 by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 18, 2014 5:01 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 18, 2014 5:01 PM CUT **1\.** [**The worst ceasefire: Russia and Ukraine are both preparing for war as their uneasy peace slips away.**](http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/11/17/eastern-ukraine-braces-for-full-scale-war.html "undefined") By Jamie Dettmer in the Daily Beast **2\.** [**With the rise of legal cannabis, the small-holders running the industry may soon be run off by the “Marlboro of Marijuana”**](http://www.economist.com/news/business/21631041-legal-cannabis-industry-run-minnows-liberalisation-spreads-may-not-last "undefined") By Schumpeter in the Economist **3\.** [**From taking India to Mars on the cheap to pulling potable water from thin air: Meet the top global innovators of 2014.**](http://globalthinkers.foreignpolicy.com/#innovators/list "undefined") By the writers and editors of Foreign Policy **4\.** [**Some charter schools promote aggressive policies of strict discipline, and that strategy may be backfiring.**](http://hechingerreport.org/content/painful-backlash-excuses-school-discipline%5F18023/ "undefined") By Sarah Carr in the Hechinger Report **5\.** [**As local police forces become intelligence agencies, we need sensible policies to balance privacy and public safety.**](http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-newton-column-lapd-drones-20141117-column.html "undefined") By Jim Newton in the Los Angeles Times  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/ "undefined") _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3591804/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-november-18/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3591804/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-november-18/"},"headline":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: November 18","datePublished":"2014-11-18T17:01:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:07:01.907Z","description":"The crumbling ceasefire in Ukraine, the rise of corporate cannabis, drones in your local PD, strict discipline in charter schools, and more.","url":"https://time.com/3591804/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-november-18/","keywords":["Innovation","Marijuana","Ukraine","russia","Education","police","los angeles","future","Schools","Drones","Spying","privacy","cannabis","ceasefire","intelligence","Legalization","Discipline"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3591804/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-november-18/","name":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: November 18"}}]}] ```