For the last two centuries, great powers have fiercely competed to set the technical standards for leading technologies. By imposing their…
This article describes some of the challenges of effective governance for sustainability at the subnational level of government.
The trade war has received an enormous amount of attention. Its impacts today have been limited because the U.S. and China have been a bit…
Governments around the world are increasingly recognizing the power of problem-oriented governance as a way to address complex public…
The promise of American democracy is at greater risk than at any time since the 1930s. Among the most important factors of America’s…
For decades, fears of energy scarcity drove American energy diplomacy. The dependence of the global economy on oil, and America’s need to…
Are the well-known facts about urbanization in the United States also true for the developing world? We compare American metropolitan areas…
The article
discusses the impact of technological innovation and information
technology on power and influence as of early 2014. It…
By analyzing the institutions that have been created to stimulate energy technology innovation in the United States, the United Kingdom,…