The Vatican Versus Washington and Wall Street by The Globalist - The Globalist - 0 views
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Shala Mills on 31 Oct 11According to the Vatican, how should global governance be reshaped in an increasingly multipolar world?
Why Food Price Volatility Doesn't Matter | Foreign Affairs - 0 views
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In proposing measures to curb erratic swings in food prices, global leaders have conflated high prices with unstable ones. That's a mistake. In fact, the real problem is expensive food, so policies aimed at curbing volatility -- such as export bans, price stabilization schemes, and subsidies for farmers -- won't help those who need it.
Marketplace Globalist Quiz: Global Fertility Rates Compared by The Globalist - The Glob... - 0 views
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How many countries now have a fertility level of less than two children per woman?
Against the Grain | Foreign Affairs - 0 views
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The "green revolution" dramatically boosted crop yields throughout the world, but it also bred overconfidence and complacency. Now, global food stocks are too low, and food prices are too high (partly as a result of use of food for biofuels). The article talks about declining rates of increase in agricultural productivity as a result of reductions in investment in agricultural research.
Success Without Victory | The Atlantic - 0 views
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America won the Cold War because Americans embraced a set of strategic principles and pursued them steadily, decade after decade. Here's the outline of a "containment" strategy for the age of terror.
Too much buzz | The Economist - 0 views
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Social media provides huge opportunities, but will bring huge problems
Ian Bremmer Interview (2 of 11) - 0 views
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What is the Outlook for Multinational Cooperation in this New Environment?
For Pepsi, a Business Decision With Social Benefit - 0 views
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Excellent article in the NYTimes that touches on corporate citizenship.
Clear Gold: Water as a Strategic Resource in the Middle East - 0 views
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Interesting new water report by Jon Alterman.
The Fertile Continent | Foreign Affairs - 0 views
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Summary: With one billion people already going hungry and the world's population rising, global food production must urgently be increased. The countries that managed such surges in the past -- Brazil, China, India, the United States -- cannot do so again. But Africa can -- if it finally uses the seeds, fertilizers, and irrigation methods common everywhere else.
Al Qaeda and Associated Movements - 0 views
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Part of a year long project at CSIS to identify how Al Qaeda and Associated Movements (AQAM) have morphed over the last few years and where it will be going out to the 2025.
Cybersecurity Two Years Later - 0 views
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This is a report that details progress (or lack thereof) we have made in the United States towards combating our Cyber deficiency.
Germans in Talks to Buy Big Board - 0 views
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NYSE, Deutsche Börse Near $25 Billion Tie-Up; Deal Would Symbolize a Diminished Role for New York in Finance.
TEDTalks as of 06.25.10 - 0 views
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This is a spreadsheet of all talks at TED.com with a short summary. GREAT!
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Spreadsheet of all Ted talks
The Economist on Information management - 0 views
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This is a brief article in The Economist focusing on managing information today and in the future. Good overview of some issues from revs three and four.
Richard Jackson and the Aging Revolution - 2 views
YouTube - Micro and nanotechnologies are revolutionising medicine - 0 views
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7:48 minute video on current reserach in nanotechnology. Good graphics.
UN: Polluted water killing, sickening millions - Yahoo! News - 0 views
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march 22 articel on water-born illness
The Rise of the Mezzanine Rulers | Foreign Affairs - 0 views
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Summary: Governments across the Middle East and South Asia are increasingly losing power to substate actors that are inserting themselves at a mezzanine level of rule between the government and the people. Western policymakers must address the problem systematically, at both a political and a legal level, rather than continue to pursue reactive and disjointed measures on a case-by-case basis.
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