Obesity — Big is Beautiful?

How much longer can affluent societies ignore the increasing health problems associated with obesity?

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Fast Forward to 2025 and Beyond

Disease, drugs, crime and politics — which best characterizes the problems of the future?

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Can British Conservatives Love Europe?

What is the British Conservative Party's view on what the European Union should — and should not — do?

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The United States and the Global War on Cigarettes

Could this be the area where the entire world willingly follows U.S. leadership?

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Russia — Coming In From the Cold?

How has Russia's legacy of large, cold cities both helped — and hindered — its progress?

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Global Cop — Preventing Human Rights Wars in the 21st Century

After several failed intervention attempts, can the United States prevent future human rights wars?

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South Africa is Going Soft on Zimbabwe

What keeps South Africa’s president Thabo Mbeki from intervening in Zimbabwe to prevent another African crisis?

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Crisis in U.S. Baseball: East Germany Revisited?

Can steroid-using baseball players sue their teams and league — just like former East German athletes now sue some German institutions?

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How India Shapes the World

What is India’s leadership role in the age of globalization?

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The Return of the German Problem

How has the increased fluidity of European and transatlantic relations affected German political identity?

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