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‘Resource Futures’: good new report on how to confront resource scarcity and conflict

January 15, 2013
Looks like this is going to be crystal ball week on the blog – must be the time of year. Just read Resource Futures from Chatham House (inventors of the ubiquitous Chatham House Rule). The analysis is pretty good, but it really raises the bar on communication, with great interactive infographics and killer facts. Advocacy wonks everywhere, take note. The
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Global Trends 2030: top report from US intelligence

January 14, 2013
My inbox regularly receives the latest ‘global trends 20XX’ reports from thinktanks and futurologists, and a lot of them are pretty bland, and the scenarios they describe threadbare and unconvincing. The new ‘Global Trends 2030’ report from the US National Intelligence Council shares the usual flaws on its scenarios, and is understandably US-centric (the NIC is a US government body),
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Bluesky-tastic: comparing three future trends papers on the international system and INGOs

May 6, 2011
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3 crystal ball overviews on global security – not looking good

December 15, 2008
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