American Life RSS Feed
- Two American stereotypes have alternately dominated American politics. It is time to reconcile them
- Amazon introduces a new, larger Kindle electronic reader
- American suburbia’s most contented and enthusiastic residents? Try Bambi, and his family Cervidae
- The invention of the electric guitar profoundly changed popular music.
Global Challenges RSS Feed
- Think global warming’s a problem where you live? The Maldives may resettle its entire population.
- H1N1 bad? Here are five worse.
- Latest from the world of quantum physics: atoms behave in "spooky" ways.
- The International Prototype Kilogram is getting lighter – no one knows why.
International Relations RSS Feed
- The Obama administration should avoid making any hasty or ambitious moves in the Palestinian-Israeli dilemma.
- Traditionally self-determination equaled statehood. But one scholar argues that statehood is becoming undesirable.
- After the deadly 2008 cyclone, Burma’s military regime realized it could not handle the disaster alone.
- Arrgh! Pirates are back. Max Boot offers an annotated syllabus.
Economy RSS Feed
- Economic growth is neither an end in itself, nor a synonym for prosperity.
- Which roommate should pay more? Eminent economist: try ‘rock, paper, scissors.’
- Want a green economy? Half measures won’t work and the transition will not be easy or painless.
- Think smokestack industries consume the most energy? They don’t hold a candle to the information society.
Top Ten RSS Feed
Top Ten Think Tanks (Items 1-5; U.S., Items 6-10 International)
- Brookings Institution
- Council on Foreign Relations
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- RAND Coporation
- Heritage Foundation
- Chatham House
- International Institute for Strategic Studies
- Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
- Overseas Development Institute
- Centre for European Policy Studies
SOURCE: Univ. of Pennsylvania International Relations Program