When the G8 major economies convened at Camp David last weekend, the continuing crisis of the euro, common currency of 17 European Union (EU) members, dominated the economic discussions. The agonies of Greece, badly divided in recent parliamentary elections, and forced to vote again on 17 June, were at the forefront.

Weather change and its consequences are inevitable.  Governments and rating agencies around the world have tools  to “motivate” short-term-focused insurers to broaden their risk perspectives, with their executives facing personal liabilities if their coverage reserves fall short. Without more aggressive moves, the rest of the world could end up like Grenada and Jamaica, circa 2004.

Over the past decade, a number of remarkable organizations have cropped up that dramatically shape twenty-first century education reform. Joining this influx of groundbreaking, reform-minded organizations is Rice University’s Education Entrepreneurship Program (REEP), housed at the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University.

If we hope to have a viable banking industry in the future, the Volcker Rule - among many other provisions of the Dodd-Frank should be revisited now.

The world's response to Libya has made clear that currently fashionable arguments about the 'rise of the Rest' and the world's new 'nonpolarity' are simply untrue.

Will the president insist that high-value terrorist Umar Patek be taken into U.S. custody for interrogation? The answer will tell us how serious Obama is about stopping the next attack.

Obama claims that letting most of the Bush tax cuts expire will bring tax rates back to what they were under Clinton, but fails to recognize that the current administration and that under Clinton are far from analogous.