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World Affairs

On Refugees, NATO, and the Future of Europe

In Europe, we have a refugee crisis now and it looks like the EU is not able to agree on any reasonable common policy.

BY Francis Fukuyama in conversation with Tomás Klvana

Blog Post

01.05.2016
Workforce Development

The Future of Work

What will jobs even look like in a century of breathtaking technological change? More than any other people, Americans live to work – but what is the future of that work in this new, digital, and on-demand world?

BY Mark Warner & 1 more

Blog Post

12.16.2015
Workforce Development

The Income Gap Keeps Widening. Something’s Not Working.

How do we address widening income inequality in America? Income inequality has widened considerably since 1979.

BY Aparna Mathur

Blog Post

12.15.2015
Racial Equity

How We’ve Misunderstood the Hurt Student Protesters Feel

Students have spoken up and out to administrators and faculty, peacefully for the most part but with rhetoric laced with anger, hurt and disappointment.

BY Karen Gross

Blog Post

12.11.2015
World Economy

How a Coach Can Help Break the Stubborn Grip of Poverty

Poverty is insidious and can make people believe they will never be able to live life without it. But a coach — lending real life assistance and boosting the confidence to see a better life — can have a powerful effect.

BY Nicki Ruiz de Luzuriaga

Blog Post

12.07.2015
World Affairs

Reforming International Governance of Food Security

The Rome-based agencies which manage global food challenges must reform and innovate to protect food for the 9 billion inhabitants our planet will hold by 2050.

BY Lloyd Axworthy

Blog Post

11.09.2015
The Environment

Missing the Planet’s Biggest Story

Straight talk about the environment exists now only as a diversion in the great national misunderstanding about energy, climate change and the economy.

BY David Monsma

Blog Post

11.09.2015
Urban Innovation

Here’s How the TPP Can Boost Artisan Businesses

While we are waiting for the TPP to be officially released for public viewing, I wanted to take a look at how small women-owned businesses will fare under the agreement, and how their success will factor into two Sustainable Development Goals.

BY Natalie Deuschle

Blog Post

11.02.2015
Workforce Development

Did Short-Term Thinking Harm the Long-Term Success of U.S. Workers?

The American workforce started out as the goose that laid the golden egg for American business, but now it is suffering a death of 1,000 cuts.

BY Maureen Conway

Blog Post

11.02.2015
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