Articles & Reports

MAR 3, 2008 • Article

John McCain introduced the idea of global democracy during his 2008 U.S. presidential election campaign. The idea is worth exploring, and perhaps further than McCain ...

MAR 3, 2008 • Article

Have the Democratic candidates pandered to voter perceptions with their calls to renegotiate NAFTA?

FEB 29, 2008 • Article

As a neutral third party, TRACE works with commercial competitors to address the challenges they all face, delivering an antibribery message to corrupt officials.

FEB 26, 2008 • Article

So long as we treat ending child malnutrition only as a series of national problems, the effort is doomed to failure. There must be a ...

FEB 26, 2008 • Article

In states such as Kenya with a tenuous concept of nationhood, institutions need to distribute resources equitably if they are to foster stability and growth.

FEB 21, 2008 • Article

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault opened in Norway this week, but genetically modified organisms are not allowed. As global warming pushes wine grapes away from ...

FEB 21, 2008 • Article

When people think of chess, they usually think of Russia. But chess excellence has now gone global: The current World Champion is from India, and ...

FEB 20, 2008 • Article

Two recent energy deals are the latest moves in the Great Game for energy security, with the world's main powers jockeying for access to resources ...

FEB 19, 2008 • Article

Today's globalization may be causing more stress to our planet than we realize, and the food industry is just one example. When it comes to ...

FEB 14, 2008 • Article

The traditional flower market is a thing of the past. Flowers are now imported from all over the world, creating trade-offs for the ethical consumer.