In the '50's, studies by the federal government of the U. S. indicated there were three alternatives in the near future. Three factors: 1) pollution, 2) population gains, and 3) the menace of nuclear war, created scenarios that indicated either: Alternative One, immediate and extensive curbs upon the economically driven rate of pollution (bottom line, data reduction, profit seeking - disregarding any and all other values) or two other alternatives: Alternative Two, underground … [Read more...]
IRAN Surprises Herself and the World, Brookings Essay
September 12, 2013 by
Suzanne Maloney is an expert on Iranian politics, energy and economic reform in the Middle East, and U.S. policy toward the region. Prior to her position as a senior fellow with the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings, she was a member of the State Department’s policy planning staff; a Middle East advisor at ExxonMobil Corporation; and director of a Council on Foreign Relations task force on America’s Iran policy. Author of Iran’s Long Reach and contributor to such works as Which … [Read more...]
