Articles & Reports

JUL 20, 2009 • Article

December 31, 2020 -- Dear Colleagues, Supporters, and Friends, I hereby resign as president of the Reputable Mainstream Environmental Lobbying Organization. The global political will necessary to ...

JUL 18, 2009 • Article

Let me begin with a simple claim. We live today in a globalized world that challenges us morally. While globalization may be a fuzzy concept, ...

By Joel H. Rosenthal

JUL 16, 2009 • Article

How does what happens online translate into pressure on leadership, and influence policy outcomes? This summer's major elections in India, Iran, and Indonesia show that ...

JUL 8, 2009 • Article

As evidenced by the minor flap last week over the tariff provision that snuck into the American Clean Energy and Security Act, trade decisions are ...

JUL 7, 2009 • Article

The debates about withdrawing from Iraq have excluded what would seem to be a self-evident point of contention: how best to repair the damage that ...

JUL 2, 2009 • Article

The institutionalization of religion seems symptomatic of the human tendency to mistrust our own intuitions, which can result in an abdication of responsibility.

JUL 2, 2009 • Article

With the Tibetan plateau serving as a third pole of available water, and the rift widening between China and the Dalai Lama's government in exile, ...

JUN 30, 2009 • Article

A new war is being waged on Mozambique's environment. The forests are being destroyed by slash and burn agriculture, firewood and charcoal production, and over-harvesting ...

JUN 24, 2009 • Article

What does one need to know to be a leader in the field of public policy? Joel Rosenthal argues for the centrality of ethics as ...

By Joel H. Rosenthal