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Thought Leader: Tomas Sedlacek
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Tomas Sedlacek,
Devin T. Stewart
Economists worship efficiency, profit, computability, numbers, growth, and wealth. But Tomas Sedlacek thinks the time of economists as priests is coming to an end.
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Change Comes to Tibet, Once the Pristine Roof of the World
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George Schaller
In this era of global warming and expanding human populations, not even the farthest reaches of Tibet can escape profound change.
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Thought Leader: Edward O. Wilson
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Edward O. Wilson,
Devin T. Stewart
Only through science-based pursuit of what humanity is, where we came from, can we start to think and act in terms of a global ethic, defining where we, as a species, want to go.
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| COMMENTARY |
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Social Covenants Must Precede Social Contracts
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Seth Kaplan
Fragile states that do not first forge a social covenant will later find it difficult to codify justice in a social contract.
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United States Takes India to the WTO over Domestic Solar
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Shakuntala Makhijani
Rather than engaging in trade disputes, the United States should establish its own solar capacity targets to stimulate additional demand for solar equipment.
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Will Global Voluntarism Supersede Rule of Law?
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Harris Gleckman
The World Economic Forum is advocating a move toward coalitions of the willing and able for solving global problems. Will it work?
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As Asia Waltzes Forward on Two Right Feet, America Fixates on the Middle East
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James Farrer
The United States can be effective in its pivot toward Asia by using its influence to help resolve territorial disputes and defuse the rightward lurch in China and Japan.
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| POLICY LIBRARY |
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Oceans of Innovation
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What kind of leadership will the twenty-first century require? Are education systems in the Pacific region ready and innovative enough to provide this leadership?
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Global Norms as Public Goods
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Hakan Altinay
Global interdependence demands that we nurture trust, strengthen the fragile fabric of global norms, and forge a sense of global civics.
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Why Tibet Is Burning
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More than 100 people have set themselves on fire in recent years protesting China's policies in Tibet. This white paper from the Central Tibetan Administration examines the underlying causes.
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Ecological Cooperation in South Asia: The Way Forward
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Saleem H. Ali
Resilience to environmental stressors such as flood and drought will be enhanced by regional approaches to ecological cooperation.
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