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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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March 7, 2011
Politics and Government
Campaign 2012: Hello Herman Cain, GOP Presidential Candidate
Herman Cain takes the stage to address the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington in February 2011. (Jonathan Ernst/courtesy Reuters) What if when Americans go to the polls on Novem…
July 15, 2015
Technology and Innovation
Five Things I Learned About the Future of Solar Power and the Electricity Grid
Nestled in the foothills of the Rockies in Golden, Colorado, the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) was established in 1977 to help bring new energy technologies to mark…
March 29, 2012
United States
The Power of Witness: Imagery and Mass Atrocities
* coauthored with my research associate, Emma Welch Warning: This blog post contains graphic images. Last week, I was fortunate to attend a workshop at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, “Power of…
August 5, 2020
Race and Ethnicity
“Viral Convergence”: Interconnected Pandemics as Portal to Racial Justice
In this piece (which is part of a special Just Security “Racing National Security” symposium), Catherine Powell argues that the COVID-19 pandemic has provided a window into the pandemics of policing,…
May 9, 2012
United States
A Primer on Military Force
As I’ve written previously, policymakers and pundits have some pretty silly proposals for the use of military force. Whether it’s President Clinton,“[It would] scare the shit out of al Qaeda if sudde…
