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Global ChallengesWars & ConflictsAugust 19, 2008 | EU Has Risen to the OccasionThe EU can be proud of achieving a cease-fire between Russia and Georgia. ++ The Caucasus crisis has shown that the EU is able to create a space for diplomacy in order to resolve international conflicts. ++ Much remains to be done if the situation is to …More August 19, 2008 | Poland is a Fall Guy for US Military LobbyistsBy agreeing to host a US missile defence base Poland, like the UK and Czech Republic, became America’s groundbait and exposed itself to a possiblity of a nuclear attack. ++ In turn, the system is supposed to protect Poland as …More August 19, 2008 | "The Russo-Iranian Axis"Two of the EU’s key assumptions towards Russia have been proven wrong: firstly, Russia obviously does not share the Western values and secondly, Russia does not oppose Iran going nuclear. ++ Moscow can assume that a nuclear Iran will hurt Western …More Climate ChangeAugust 8, 2008 | Product Prices Need to Reflect Environmental CostsThe problem of modern capitalist markets in times of global warming is that we do not have to pay the true environmental costs of the products we buy. ++ There are two possible solutions: either we apply green taxes to reflect a …More August 1, 2008 | The Next Big Project for the EU is EnergyMichaele Schreyer and Ralf Fuecks: Current energy crisis poses a significant threat to international economic and political stability. The current make-up of the EU is ill-equipped to deal with this challenge. The Union urgently needs an institutional reform: a European Community for Renewable Energy which would transform its economy into an energy-efficient system. …More July 28, 2008 | It is Time to Create a Global Energy AgencyWe only have a few decades before world’s oil supplies start to run out and we have to use that time wisely to develop long-term solutions to the world’s energy needs. ++ To achieve that, the world needs a global energy institution …More Energy SecurityAugust 18, 2008 | Central Europe's Energy Security SchismRyan R. Miller: Central European countries are, on balance, divided, not united, when it comes to Russian energy supply dominance. Washington should find ways to step up its involvement and combat both the symptoms of Central Europe’s energy security ‘schism’ as well as the disease itself. …More August 15, 2008 | The World Needs an "Arctic Authority"The Arctic Circle contains 13 percent of the world’s untapped oil supplies. ++ But a clash of interests between businesses, NGOs, and the five different governments who claim rights to the region’s energy resources is likely to cause a …More August 13, 2008 | Georgia in NATO Will be the Best RevengeFor democracy in Georgia to last, Georgians need to feel we have their backs; the West must impose tough economic and diplomatic sanctions on Russia. ++ This conflict demonstrates impotency of the global security order. ++ The West must show …More TerrorismAugust 7, 2008 | Indian Muslims Heed to Pied Pipers of JihadIndia is depicted in the media as “a squeaky-clean ally of the United States” and no inconvenient truths are allowed to mar Indian democracy’s supposed success story. ++ A passive receiver of this image will surely be …More August 7, 2008 | Media Distorts our Perception of AfghanistanThe war on terror has been an utter fiasco: before the US troops arrived in 2001 Afghanistan was much more peaceful and stable, now the insurgency has spread all over the country, become multi-ethnic and more robust. ++ American claims …More August 5, 2008 | Opium Trade Finances Extremism in AfghanistanThe Taliban are the most prominent security threat in Afghanistan, but they are not the only one we should worry about. ++ Over the last few years Afghanistan has become a narco-state: it supplies 93 percent of the world’s heroin …More ProliferationAugust 14, 2008 | Flip-flopping on Iran Encourages DeceptionNow that the Bush administration has reneged on its hard line against negotiations, Iran does not take US ultimatums seriously. ++ Where progressives see flexibility, Iranian officials see weakness.++ As long as there are no sanctions, …More August 4, 2008 | Bombing Iran Would be a Catastrophe for All of UsHis presidency coming to an end, Bush becomes obsessed with his legacy and solving the issue of nuclear Iran is foremost in his mind. ++ If he decides to support Israel in its possible attack on Iran, the economic and political …More August 4, 2008 | Iran's Strategy is WorkingFabian Martin Lieschke: Iran’s nuclear strategy – one that allows it to buy time and improve its negotiating position – seems to be working. The US policy shift has come too late - Iran has already wrapped Germany, Russia and China around its little finger. The next US President will be faced with a tough choice. …More Development & AidAugust 15, 2008 | Doing Good EfficientlyFinn E. Kydland: Six Nobel Peace Prize laureates asked themselves what the most effective way would be to spend $75 billion in order to make the world a better place. The ranking list they developed gives very different answers than those policymakers usually do. …More August 15, 2008 | US Food Aid is IneffectiveFor those who live in hunger, long-term solutions cannot come fast enough. ++ The US, donor of half of the world’s food aid, is highly criticized for its unique practice of monetization that disrupts commercial markets and can cause, albeit temporarily, …More August 11, 2008 | The Myth Behind DohaThe Doha round was constructed on the myth that a negotiating agenda focused on agriculture would make it a “development round” and could help reduce global poverty. ++ But the underlying assumption that the trade regime can only legitimize itself by …More Trade, Economics & FinanceAugust 18, 2008 | "Turn Left for Growth"In times of elections, it becomes obvious that both the right and the left promise the same thing which is economic growth. ++ However, the growth strategies and the ideas about the role of the state differ from each other. ++ The right-wing assumption …More August 15, 2008 | US Food Aid is IneffectiveFor those who live in hunger, long-term solutions cannot come fast enough. ++ The US, donor of half of the world’s food aid, is highly criticized for its unique practice of monetization that disrupts commercial markets and can cause, albeit temporarily, …More August 13, 2008 | The Rich Must Get out of the Economic Driver's SeatThe financially emerging world cannot be ignored by rich nations in economic negotiations. ++ Because emerging nations play an increasingly large role in world consumption and growth, the G7/G8 is not the appropriate forum for …More TechnologyAugust 15, 2008 | Doing Good EfficientlyFinn E. Kydland: Six Nobel Peace Prize laureates asked themselves what the most effective way would be to spend $75 billion in order to make the world a better place. The ranking list they developed gives very different answers than those policymakers usually do. …More August 7, 2008 | Working Toward an Electricity EconomyHeinrich Bonnenberg: The need to reduce CO2 emissions, manage price increases, and deal with resource shortages is causing the energy economy to change. Electricity should eventually replace oil and gas. Nuclear power will have to play an increasingly important role in the new electricity economy. …More July 23, 2008 | We Need to Challenge Climate Change ConsensusScientists who challenge the mainstream theory of global warming and claim that the increase in global temperatures is not caused by greenhouse gas emissions struggle to attain funding and publish their findings. ++ Mankind’s …More |
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