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Forum – Winter 2010

Issues — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0000

U.S./Russia nuclear cooperation

Linton F. Brooks’s “A Vision for U.S.-Russian Cooperation on Nuclear Security” (Issues, Fall 2009) is devoted to one of the most important issues between Russia and… Read More

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Perennial Grains Food Security for the Future

Issues — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Colorful fruits and vegetables piled to overflowing at a farmer’s market or in the produce aisle readily come to mind when we think about farming and food production. Such images run counter… Read More

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From the Hill – Winter 2010

Issues — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Climate change debate remains deadlocked

Although the House passed a climate change bill in 2009, the Senate remains deadlocked, an outcome that effectively took the steam out of the international climate change… Read More

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Intangible Assets Innovative Financing for Innovation

Issues — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Finding funding for a new business or idea is almost always challenging. With the recent near-collapse of the financial system, however, funding innovation is even more difficult. Credit to businesses has tightened… Read More

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Better U.S. Health Care at Lower Cost

Issues — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0000

In the United States, the amount of money spent on health care by all sources, including government, private employers, and individuals, is approximately $7,500 a year per person. In other advanced industrial… Read More

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Calming Our Nuclear Jitters

Issues — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0000

The fearsome destructive power of nuclear weapons provokes understandable dread, but in crafting public policy we must move beyond this initial reaction to soberly assess the risks and consider appropriate ac tions.… Read More

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Using University Knowledge to Defend the Country

Issues — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Everyone understands that the United States will need new ideas to meet the threat of terrorism, and indeed, history shows the way. Seventy years ago, the country’s scholars ransacked their respective disciplines… Read More

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Rising Tigers, Sleeping Giant

Issues — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Asia’s rising “clean technology tigers”—China, Japan, and South Korea —are poised to out-compete the United States for dominance of clean energy markets due to their substantially larger government investments to support research… Read More

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Changing Climate, More Damaging Weather

Issues — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0000

The weather varies, but climate change affects the frequencies with which particular weather occurs, including the frequencies of extreme weather, such as heavy storms, heat waves, and droughts. More frequent weather extremes… Read More

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On the Trails of the Glaciers

Issues — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0000

On the Trails of the Glaciers is a multidisciplinary project, combining photography and science, to study the effects of climate change on the glaciers of the most important mountains of the world.… Read More

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