Articles & Reports

NOV 6, 2012 • Article

When the film "2001" first came out, the plot--in which a robot faces an ethical decision--seemed like pure science fiction. Today it's becoming reality. This essay ...

NOV 5, 2012 • Article

There is a means to denuclearize North Korea: a Beijing-Pyongyang Grand Bargain whereby the DPRK nuclear weapons program is dismantled in exchanged for protection under ...

NOV 5, 2012 • Article

Measuring how countries develop is all the rage, but are these indicators examining the most appropriate data? Seth Kaplan says it's time we start looking ...

NOV 1, 2012 • Article

3D printing is the new frontier in manufacturing, with potentially radical effects on patterns of global trade and development.

NOV 1, 2012 • Article

This election gives us a choice between two clearly different paths. Will we take the first halting steps toward developing a sustainable civilization, or will ...

OCT 17, 2012 • Article

The Iranian group Mujahedin-e Khalq [MEK] has been on the U.S. global terrorist list since 1997. So just why has the U.S. State Department ...

OCT 15, 2012 • Article

The Asian Coalition for Community Action is challenging the top-down Big Aid funding model by providing small grants to low-income communities for the initiatives of ...

OCT 1, 2012 • Article

Asylum seekers who come to Australia by boat have been accused of jumping the queue in the immigration process, but are they really gaining an ...