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...
What Israel in Gaza tells us about modern warfare
If there is one lesson that modern security institutions have learned about combating terrorist insurgencies, it...
Is a new international financial regulatory system necessary?
The federal takeover of U.S. mortgage-lending giants Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac in the wake of the...