The impulse to “boldly go” has gotten humanity into a mess of trouble.
The Star Trek Fallacy
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climate change
China and the Opportunity Costs of September 11
The world’s two major powers lost a decade that could have been spent hashing out responses to climate change, the arms trade, and the global recession.
Our Climate Future Could Be Decided in the Courts
People from Seattle to Fiji are filing lawsuits over global warming — and they just might have a case.
Call for Sanity on Sixtieth Anniversary of the Russell-Einstein Manifesto
Sixty years after Albert Einstein and Bertrand Russell issued their manifesto about the growing threat of world war, the globe continues to face the prospect of nuclear annihilation — coupled with the looming threat of climate change.
‘The American Century’ Has Plunged the World Into Crisis. What Happens Now?
U.S. foreign policy is dangerous, undemocratic, and deeply out of sync with real global challenges. Is continuous war inevitable, or can we change course?
World Leaders Vow to Kick Their Fossil Fuel Addiction… After They’re Dead
The G7 says they want to wean the world off climate-changing fuels. But not till 2100.
5 Radical Takeaways from the Pope’s Letter on Climate
Francis recognizes that there’s no way to stop climate change without confronting the way the world does business. That’s huge.
A Letter to My Grandson
Someday in the distant future, I hope you’ll read this letter and smile indulgently at my worst fears.
Obama’s Last National Security Strategy
Even a superpower can’t maintain dominance in every domain and also effectively address big-ticket items like climate change.
State of the Empire in 2015
Before Obama’s State of the Union address falls out of the news cycle, here are the foreign policy tidbits you need to remember.