--- description: Why cities need their own foreign policies, do ethics have a place in business schools and more. title: Why Cities Need Their Own Foreign Policies 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 * [Five Best Ideas](/tag/five-best-ideas/) ## Five Best Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Why Cities Need Their Own Foreign Policies by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 8, 2017 4:00 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 8, 2017 4:00 PM CUT **1\.** [**Why cities need their own foreign policies.**](http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/06/06/why-cities-need-their-own-foreign-policies-215234 "undefined") By Ivo Daalder in _Politico_ **2\.** [**Do ethics have a place in business schools?**](https://psmag.com/economics/millennials-youre-our-only-hope "undefined") By Rick Paulas in _Pacific Standard_ **3\.** [**The only language we should be using to talk to extraterrestrial life is math.**](http://www.space.com/37109-making-contact-aliens-language-math.html "undefined") By Leonard David in _Space.com_ **4\.** [**In 2020, the Democratic party should encourage everybody to run for president. Here’s why.**](http://theweek.com/articles/703687/let-2020-democratic-primary-crazy-freeforall "undefined") By Paul Waldman in the _Week_ **5\.** [**Here’s how public policy can get older Americans connected to technology.**](https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2017/06/05/public-policy-can-improve-older-adults-access-to-technology/ "undefined") By Nicol Turner-Lee at _Brookings Institution_  [_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/4810719/why-cities-need-their-own-foreign-policies/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4810719/why-cities-need-their-own-foreign-policies/"},"headline":"Why Cities Need Their Own Foreign Policies","datePublished":"2017-06-08T16:00:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:58:46.793Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4810719/why-cities-need-their-own-foreign-policies/","keywords":["Five Best Ideas","democrats","Foreign Policy","Innovation","Space","Technology","Ethics"],"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/five-best-ideas/","name":"Five Best Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4810719/why-cities-need-their-own-foreign-policies/","name":"Why Cities Need Their Own Foreign Policies"}}]}] ```