Articles & Reports

FEB 18, 2009 • Article

Instead of repeatedly trying to foist a Western style top-down state structure on a deeply decentralized society, the international community should work with Somalia's long-standing ...

FEB 18, 2009 • Article

With President Obama's choice for under secretary of public diplomacy still unknown, it's hard to gauge where strategic communications are headed. But in the era ...

FEB 9, 2009 • Article

The particulate matter called black carbon is the second most potent greenhouse warming agent after carbon dioxide. Filtering it out of diesel emissions today would ...

FEB 5, 2009 • Article

This project examines how the Internet can lead to a greater firsthand understanding of Islam for policymakers, diplomats, and people worldwide.

FEB 4, 2009 • Article

What sorts of features must we instill in a collective to make it easier for people to make the decision to tell the truth? What ...

FEB 3, 2009 • Article

Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso pushed for concrete carbon reductions at Davos this year, three decades after oil shocks propelled Japan toward "efficiency superpower" status. ...

FEB 3, 2009 • Article

Widespread adoption of electronic forms of payment will depend heavily on trust, but it could close some loopholes and jolt the world economy.

JAN 22, 2009 • Article

Carbon Trust has shaped the future marketing war over environmental sustainability by developing a carbon reduction label for consumer goods and services.

JAN 22, 2009 • Article

Prahlad Singh Shekhawat attended the fourth Gross National Happiness conference in Bhutan this past November. He reports on the conference proceedings for us and shares ...