Sequencing the human genome provided a powerful new way to represent human identity, and the moral implications of that re-representation…
In the era of Kennedy and Khrushchev, power was expressed in terms of nuclear missiles, industrial capacity, numbers of men under arms, and…
The relationship between a nation's politics and its economic prospects is one of the most fundamental, and most studied, subjects in all…
In his acceptance speech as Chairman of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) in February 2010, President Bingu wa Mutharika of Malawi…
African agriculture is currently at a crossroads, at which persistent food shortages are compounded by threats from climate change. But, as…
Lawrence Haddad started the year with provocative predictions. Below are my comments, knowing that in the end we will get most of it wrong…
Increasing political and economic interconnectedness draws much philosophical attention to the question of the conditions under which such…
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The danger of nuclear terrorism is real enough to justify urgent action to reduce the risk. Some terrorist groups are actively seeking…
How do we grow the global supply of energy, make it more accessible to the poor, and at the same time cut carbon emissions to near zero?…