Natural disasters, such as those in Myanmar and China, require a massive disaster relief effort. A wide variety of NGOs are active in this field, but the evaluations of their effectiveness “have been patchy at best” says Robert Glasser, Secretary General of CARE International. In his article for Europe’s World he takes a deep look [...]

Dmitry Medvedev was sworn in as Russia’s new President this week. Anxieties that a resurgent Russia could cut supplies of gas to Europe have provoked talk of another Cold War. But Andreas Goldthau, of the RAND Corporation, believes energy is useless to Moscow as a foreign policy instrument. (SPRING 2008) 
“At the end of the day, [...]