Articles & Reports

MAR 4, 2009 • Article

Obama is in a unique position to make a difference in Africa, but will he fulfill his campaign promises? Matthew Hennessey has some suggestions for ...

FEB 25, 2009 • Article

Since bank capital will likely be further depleted as the credit crunch spreads into the productive economy, peer-to-peer finance offers a solution from an entirely ...

FEB 23, 2009 • Article

With violence now subsiding in Iraq, some policy-makers seem to assume that we can now turn our attention back to the Afghan "timeline" ...

FEB 19, 2009 • Article

The economic stimulus bill signed this week by President Obama includes billions for water projects in the United States, but this is just a drop ...

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. ...