Articles & Reports

SEP 10, 2012 • Article

Microfinance groups have helped the women of Chimbali village overcome the constraints of physical access to banks, lack of education, and social taboos to build ...

AUG 30, 2012 • Article

It is easy to seek to add Assad to the list of toppled despots, from Tunisia to Egypt to Yemen to Libya. But it would ...

AUG 30, 2012 • Article

What is it like to be liberal in East Asia? Is liberalism a specifically Western ideology, or does it embody universal norms? The old dispute ...

AUG 27, 2012 • Article

Through virtual simulation of anti-trafficking policies, enforcement agencies would get a better grasp on how to target their efforts.

AUG 24, 2012 • Article

The 2012 presidential election is surprising in one important respect. Protestants of various sects dominated national leadership until John F. Kennedy broke the barrier in 1960. Yet ...

By Joel H. Rosenthal

AUG 24, 2012 • Article

There is only one Protestant in the highest offices of U.S. politics today: Barack Hussein Obama. This new religious diversity is unpalatable to some, ...

AUG 23, 2012 • Article

Many people cross international borders because their lives have been ruined by an earthquake, flood, drought, or hurricane. But they face a black hole of ...

AUG 15, 2012 • Article

A new film looks at American leadership during the ozone crisis and compares it to the situation with global warming today. The clock is ticking ...

AUG 13, 2012 • Article

An innovative project is bringing a "Solar-Computer-Lab-in-a-Box," along with solar-powered Internet, to a tiny, off-the-grid Pacific island. But while the technology is exciting, it's not ...

AUG 10, 2012 • Article

Bioregionalism proposes an alternative future in which overconsumption is drastically reduced, the natural environment is preserved, and proactive measures are taken to provide basic needs.