Articles & Reports

AUG 6, 2008 • Article

Treatment of detainees has severely damaged America's reputation, yet there is still no true strategy for dealing with them as part of an overall counter-terrorism ...

JUL 28, 2008 • Article

As a hinge between parliaments, civil society, the UN, and governments, a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly could become an important catalyst for the reform and ...

JUL 23, 2008 • Article

The rising price of jet fuel has the global airline industry struggling to cut costs and stay aloft, but it also incentivizes the development of ...

JUL 18, 2008 • Article

Nearly twenty-five years of Irish economic growth came to an end in June. Now policymakers must scramble to prevent a return to the hopeless, stagnant ...

JUL 14, 2008 • Article

Based on the true story of a Rwandan hotel manager who saved the lives of over 1,200 refugees during the 1994 genocide, this film points blame at ...

JUL 8, 2008 • Article

President George W. Bush is fighting to preserve his controversial AIDS relief initiative, which has supported life-saving antiretroviral treatments for more than 1.7 million people since 2004.

JUL 1, 2008 • Article

Once reserved for St. Patrick's Day, green beer is now available year round in the form of more ecologically sound beers. Companies across the globe ...

JUL 1, 2008 • Article

Initiatives such as "A Common Word Between Us" and Hans Küng's Global Ethic may mark the beginning of constructive dialogue between the West and ...

JUN 25, 2008 • Article

The South Korean metropolis of New Songdo is slated to be the world's largest "ubiquitous city," with tracking devices everywhere. The entrenchment of social surveillance ...

JUN 24, 2008 • Article

More than one country that is about to host a prestigious sporting event is facing international criticism over human rights and diplomacy.