by Kendall Strong | Jun 25, 2014 | Monitor
Rising sea levels and flooding caused by climate change will have marked consequences on the world’s population, particularly the most impoverished. Consequences will include extensive flooding, leading to the loss of inhabited and arable land. The environmental...
by Jeffrey Lloyd | Jun 10, 2014 | Monitor
MIT at Center of Political Power Play Tracy Jan / The New York Times The school’s prized fusion reactor was dead; its federal funding axed. Then its political allies went to work. Iraq Militants Control Second City of Mosul BBC Iraq’s prime minister has asked...
by Kendall Strong | Jun 5, 2014 | Monitor
Obama Encourages Russia to Open Talks with Ukraine Nedra Pickler / Associated Press President Barack Obama on Thursday encouraged Russia to open talks with the new government coming into power in Ukraine or face continuing costs imposed by the world’s leading...
by American Security Project | Jun 5, 2014 | Monitor
On June 5th, 2014, the Global Military Advisory Council on Climate Change (GMACCC) released a summary of the key findings from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) and its implications for defense. The GMACCC report found that...
by John Bugnacki | May 30, 2014 | Monitor
Merkel backs Jean-Claude Juncker for European commission president Philip Ottermann / The Guardian Angela Merkel has thrown her weight behind Jean-Claude Juncker for the next European commission leader, dealing a blow to David Cameron’s attempts to block...
