Water Challenges in Israel
August 26, 2008
In two earlier posts [The Future of Desalination and Food and Water Shortages in the Middle East], I discussed how water shortages are affecting the globe and some of the ways those
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In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other cutting-edge technologies with a focus on supply chain management, autonomous decision-making, and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, autonomous intelligent enterprises, emerging technologies, and global trade. Our goal is to advance the public discussion about how cognitive computing and other advanced technologies affect the world in which we live.
Bradd C. Hayes is the active editor of this blog.
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The Need for Jobs in Iraq
August 25, 2008
No country can flourish if it has a toxic combination of high unemployment, rising inflation, and a large public payroll. Unfortunately, that is exactly the position in which southern Iraq finds itself
The Politics and Economics of Peace for Syria
August 22, 2008
My colleague Tom Barnett has, on more than one occasion, noted that politics follows economics. Most often his remarks have been in response to questions about U.S. dealings with a communist Chinese
China’s Real Quest for Gold
August 21, 2008
As the Beijing Olympics come to a close, Washington Post columnist Robert J. Samuelson uses the moment to reflect on China’s long-range goals and how they might affect the world’s future [“The
Changing Society One Soap at a Time
August 20, 2008
Mass media has always protested that its influence is greatly exaggerated. Although relief workers assert that the “CNN effect” is real, by which they mean that the crisis that gets the most
Globalization Provides New Opportunities in India
August 19, 2008
We often think of globalization simply in terms of connecting local economies with the global economy. But like ripples in a pond, that connectivity also spreads internally to create new opportunities. In
The Russian/Georgia Conflict and Globalization
August 18, 2008
As I noted in my last post [Influencing Russia], there is a risk (however remote) that the international economy could splinter into trading blocs which could cause this latest wave of globalization
Influencing Russia
August 15, 2008
I haven’t written anything about the conflict between Russia and Georgia because this blog is not a political or security blog, although I occasionally touch on those subjects. There are others better
Four Lessons Learned from the Myanmar Cyclone Disaster
August 14, 2008
No response to natural disasters is ever perfect. Some responses, like the one to Hurricane Katrina, are significantly flawed. John Holmes, the U.N. Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and emergency relief coordinator,
Global Poverty
August 13, 2008
Washington Post columnist Robert J. Samuelson wrote a column a few months ago in which he identified global poverty as mankind’s greatest moral challenge [“Rx for Global Poverty,” 28 May 2008]. He
