One year after the Fukushima disaster, nuclear energy policy is moving in two opposite directions. While much of the world, led by Germany, is embracing caution and winding down nuclear energy ambitions, the US, Britain, France and Russia are poised to boost their nuclear estate.

Feed-in tariffs and solar energy make sense in the right situations, but must yield tangible benefits based on carbon reduction and market efficiency.

The electric-gas hybrid Chevy Volt is too expensive to be practical for the average American consumer and is designed to meet the demands of an ideological market fostered by upscale urban liberals.

Will we have the maturity to learn and move forward from nuclear energy's worst moment?

A new book provides a provocative interpretation of the status of human progress in the twenty-first century.

The summer's hottest horror flick might be called Kyoto 8: The Bad Idea That Wouldn't Die. It opens in the U.S. Senate this week, andcomes toGleneagles, Scotland, next month.

Asian Outlook no. 1, 2006 discusses China's emergence as a competitor in the global economy.

Niall Ferguson argues against the idea that the European Union is an emerging "counterweight" to American power.