Insights and Resources

Response by Ayaan Hirsi Ali to the Statement from Brandeis University

Yesterday Brandeis University decided to withdraw an honorary degree they were to confer upon me next month during their Commencement exercises. I wish to dissociate…

Running the Pentagon Right

How to Get the Troops What They Need by Ashton B. Carter War inevitably presents unexpected challenges. From Germany’s use of mustard gas during World…

Mark Begich fights to put Alaska back on the map

By: Ben Terris (The Washington Post) - ?Sen. Mark Begich found yet another map that made him angry. Settling in for his 10-hour commute back to Alaska…

The Invisible Man: Bill Burns And The Secret Iran Talks

(Reuters) - The night before a round of high-stakes nuclear talks with Iran, U.S. President Barack Obama told his chief of staff he had "absolute…

Scott Harrison: How He Started charity: water And What He Learned In The Process

I recently spoke to Scott Harrison, who is the Founder and CEO of charity: water, a non-profit organization bringing clean, safe drinking water to people in developing…

The White House’s Secret Diplomatic Weapon

(The Atlantic) - William J. Burns has been the secret weapon of U.S. secretaries of state for more than two decades, serving consecutively under three…

Ashton Carter: Superhero of the Sequester

Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter says he’ll give back part of his paycheck if the sequester leads to furloughs at the Pentagon. Why won’t…

An inquiry into human nature and the cost of the wealth of nations

Addressing global systems failure through an integral systems paradigm for sustainable development

DOC HENDLEY: EX-BARTENDER SERVES UP CLEAN WATER

Doc Hendley, an ex-bartender with a vision of bringing clean water to developing nations around the world, made his vision a reality in 2004 when…

A Law to Strengthen Our Cyberdefense

OVER the last decade, the United States has built a sophisticated security system to protect the nation’s seaports against terrorists and criminals. But our nation’s…

Healthy Choices: Voto Latino’s Maria Teresa Kumar on Healthy Communities

New and Frozen Frontier Awaits Offshore Oil Drilling

By: John H. Broder and Clifford Krauss (The New York Times) -  WASHINGTON — Shortly before Thanksgiving in 2010, the leaders of the commission President Obama…