The Nature of International Cooperation in the Arctic
By Eli Kintisch Science & Diplomacy On a planet that is undergoing profound change, the Arctic is experiencing some of the most rapid changes, leading to historic, unexpected, and largely […]
Monthly Archives: May 2016
What China’s Increasing Militarism Means for the World
By Peter Navarro World Affairs Will there be war with China? That may well be determined by which presidential candidate wins the White House this year, and what policies the […]
Should Humans Rescue Wild Animals, Ever?
By Todd Wilkinson National Geographic Maybe it’s a baby robin that falls out of a nest in the backyard, or perhaps twin deer fawns left orphaned after their mother gets […]
America’s Youth and the Long-Term Viability of the Armed Forces
By Mary E. Landry The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs According to the Department of Defense, 71 percent of all young Americans between the ages of 17 and 24 are unable […]
The Radical Future of Police Interrogation
By Robert Kolker Wired The modern style of questioning criminal suspects—the set of techniques practiced fruitlessly by those first detectives in the Medellin case, and familiar to all of us […]
The Future of Fresh Water
By Andrew Maddocks, Betsy Otto, & Tianyi Luo Pacific Standard When it comes to water, there is often too little or too much. Climate change and growing demand will likely magnify […]
Do We Have Free Will? Do We Need It?
By Stephen Cave The Atlantic For centuries, philosophers and theologians have almost unanimously held that civilization as we know it depends on a widespread belief in free will—and that losing […]
How Arctic Territorial Disagreements are Actually Being Resolved
By Hannah Hoag Arctic Deeply Under UNCLOS, a coastal state is entitled to the continental shelf area (and its buried resources) that lies within 200 nautical miles of its coastline, […]
‘Cyberbombs’ Away
By Richard Forno & Anupam Joshi The Conversation Recently, United States Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work publicly confirmed that the Pentagon’s Cyber Command was “dropping cyberbombs,” taking its ongoing battle […]
What is the Multi-Billion Dollar F-35 Jet Actually Supposed to Do?
By Ryan Faith Vice News The F-35 Lighting II is the most expensive weapons program in the history of the human race, and production is now being kicked into high […]
