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Hatching New Ideas to Deliver Health Care to the Last Mile

In the shadow of the Ebola crisis, assembling a coalition of health experts from government, NGOs, foundations, banks and academia to work on the hardest problem facing global health: delivering care to the rural poor.

BY Nikki Tyler, & 1 more

Blog Post

07.22.2015
Trade and Globalization

Making Matters Worse: How Climate Change Amplifies Food Insecurity

By any name, climate change is contributing not just to melting ice caps and rising sea levels, but also to drought, food shortages and, ultimately, to global instability.

BY Jason Clay

Blog Post

05.28.2015
Trade and Globalization

Setting the Record Straight on Agent Orange

As America marks the 40th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, it is important to remember that one part of our legacy there — the use of Agent Orange and its resulting Dioxin contamination — is being resolved, and new links are forming in that effort.

BY Charles Bailey

Blog Post

05.12.2015
Trade and Globalization

On Food Security, Who Leads?

The numbers are familiar, and they are stark: according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), food production must increase by at least 60 percent in the next 35 years to feed Earth’s growing and hungry population.

BY Tom Daschle, Former Senate Majority Leader

Blog Post

05.11.2015
Trade and Globalization

A Global Marshall Plan

It is time to increase poor economies’ productive capacity and purchasing power, as occurred in Europe in the decade after Marshall’s speech. Marshall’s insight that such shared economic development is the only way to create a lasting peace remains as true as ever.

BY Jomo Kwame Sundaram, & 1 more

Blog Post

05.01.2015
Trade and Globalization

Making the Most of More Aid

We are the first generation in human history with the means to pull every person on the planet out of abject poverty. There is enough money in the world. It is critical that we use it more wisely.

BY Ángel Gurría & 1 more

Blog Post

04.13.2015
Trade and Globalization

Taking a Nation to War

Congress is debating President Obama's request for the authority to use military force in the fight against ISIS. This debate is an important opportunity for the legislative branch to reinforce its role as the decisive voice in taking America to war.

BY Mickey Edwards

Blog Post

03.02.2015
Trade and Globalization

President Obama Goes to New Delhi

President Obama’s visit to India comes as the nation is working to balance close relations with both the United States and global competitors like China and Russia, all while keeping its eye on an audacious goal for sustained economic development. Strengthening the India-U.S. partnership holds risks and great opportunities.

BY Richard Fontaine

Blog Post

01.24.2015
Trade and Globalization

Preparing for the Unknown Unknowns

The World Economic Forum's "Global Risks of 2015" report was designed to put the global community on notice to prepare for the predictable dangers that could shake our society's stability. However, after events like the Charlie Hebdo attack, we're reminded that unforeseeable events happen, and we may need to change how we approach dealing with crises.

BY Lucy P. Marcus

Blog Post

01.22.2015
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