America as the Constant Gardener in the Pacific

By  Tom Plate Originally appeared on Left Coast Perspectives, WPI@LMU’s blog on worldpolicy.org Has this ugly American presidential election gotten on your nerves? It has on mine. I used to have as … Read more

The Profit/Purpose Corporation Goes Global

By Michael A. Genovese Reposted from WorldPolicy.org The borderless corporation in a globalized world is finally coming to grips with one of the ubiquitous disruptive forces of our age: the … Read more

Negative Publicity

By Jakob Sergei Weitz   From the 2001 declaration of the war on terror until 2008, an unknown number of people disappeared into a secret network of “Black Site” prisons and … Read more

When Women Govern

By Michael A. Genovese In 1993, I edited a book titled Women as National Leaders. It was a study of women who headed governments and was designed to begin to … Read more

How Troubled is the United Nations?

By Tom Plate and Jennifer M. Ramos The shortcomings of the U.N. are well-known: the Security Council, 15 members strong, is often gridlocked, and the General Assembly, no less than … Read more

Adaptation Starts Here

By the Mediterranean City Climate Change Consortium (MC-4) Advisory Board Subnational governments—cities, counties, and states in the U.S. and around the world—have an essential role to play in reducing greenhouse … Read more