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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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April 7, 2016
Economics
Why Solar Will Need to Cost 25¢ Per Watt by 2050, And How the Industry Might Get There
This post is co-written with Shayle Kann, senior vice president of research at Greentech Media. For solar power to become truly mainstream, how much should it cost? And is the industry on track to…
December 27, 2013
Military Operations
You Might Have Missed: Drones, U.S. Arms in Iraq, and Civil-Military Relations
“Unmanned Systems Integrated Roadmap: FY2013-2038,” U.S. Department of Defense, 2013. Inventory of DoD UAS (page 5) (3PA: Like other Pentagon reports, the data contained in this char…
September 20, 2012
Will MOOCs Revolutionize Higher Education?
The hot new buzzword in university circles these days is MOOCs—massive open online courses. They may be the future of higher education. Or maybe not. MOOCs are just what their full names imply: onli…
November 1, 2013
Intelligence
You Might Have Missed: Drones, al-Shabaab in Somalia, and the NSA.
Michael R. Gordon and Eric Schmitt, “As Security Deteriorates at Home, Iraqi Leader Arrived in U.S. Seeking Aid,” New York Times, October 31, 2013. Until now, Mr. Maliki was reluctant to openly ask …
August 29, 2012
Education
Globalization, Job Loss, and Stagnant Wages: The Evidence Is Changing
For decades, economists resisted the conclusion that trade – for all of its many benefits — has also played a significant role in job loss and the stagnation of middle-class incomes in the United Sta…
