Articles & Reports

JAN 30, 2008 • Article

The blame game for toxic toys and bad loans makes big headlines. But international scrutiny can also promote accountability.

JAN 23, 2008 • Article

U.S. trade policy has become increasingly partisan, but progress on trade issues during an election year is unlikely.

JAN 23, 2008 • Article

The global growth of Internet use and online role-playing games has spawned a public health crackdown on addictive and antisocial behaviors.

JAN 22, 2008 • Article

While overall violence declined in Iraq in the last few months, civilian deaths at U.S. hands in both Iraq and Afghanistan were up approximately 70 ...

JAN 22, 2008 • Article

The Debt of Dictators by filmmaker Erling Borgen is a good introduction to the central questions of Third World debt: Whose debt is it, and ...

JAN 17, 2008 • Article

Recession could open the door for stimulus that is both progressive and climate-friendly, especially if targeted at housing and transportation.

JAN 16, 2008 • Article

Money stuffed in envelopes. Gifts of cars, computers, and overseas junkets. It sounds like the criticism typically leveled at corrupt MNCs, but it also occurs ...

JAN 15, 2008 • Article

Water is poised to be the most baffling challenge of the 21st century. A Kenyan women's group is digging trenches to show how leadership and ...

JAN 9, 2008 • Article

Since taking power in a 1999 military coup, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has struggled with the same question as his predecessors: How to keep a tangled ...

JAN 8, 2008 • Article

Antarctica is unique in that it has no governing body, no electorate (or citizens), and no permanent human inhabitants. One of the greatest ethical dilemmas ...