The impact of new innovations on urban school systems
The 1983 report of the National Commission on Excellence in Education, entitled “A Nation at Risk:...
Daring to end homelessnessWhile the recent collapse of the U.S. housing market has prompted a renewed debate about American homeownership and its future, the...
Confronting global challenges in a more interconnected world
“A wise man’s country is the world,” Aristippus, an ancient Greek philosopher, once said. Many others...
How globalization is a game-changer for nuclear security
“Unless the world community acts decisively and with great urgency, it is more likely than not that...
The future of the WTO and the Doha trade round
July 29, 2008 witnessed the collapse of the World Trade Organization’s Doha Round, high-level negotiations...
Afghanistan and the reevaluation of NATO
According to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s founding documents, member nations “are determined to... promote stability and well-being in...
The struggle to forge a successor to the Kyoto Protocol
“Anthropogenic warming could lead to some impacts that are abrupt or irreversible,” warned the Intergovernmental...