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Panels
What is the future of renewable energy just two months after Copenhagen? How can we source enormous amounts of clean energy in the 21st century? Should we focus on regional mega-projects of solar, wind, and hydro? Or does the answer lie in local energy generation, smart grids, and decentralized energy storage instead?
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The Peaceful Revolution in Eastern Germany was the force that ultimately tore down the Berlin Wall twenty years ago. What are the lessons learned from the German experience? How does the German peaceful revolution compare to, for example, movements in Iran, Ukraine, and Burma? Can it inform the dynamics of peaceful revolutions around the world today and in the future? |
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Afghanistan has become a focal point of the Obama administration: The “war we have to win,” is quickly becoming one of its most intractable problems, which increased military engagement cannot address in isolation.
Weighing his military and civilian options, the President is looking to international allies for assistance. How can, how should Germany respond? |
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Where is the next Harvard of scientific research? In China, India, Germany, or in Cambridge, MA? The war of talents has become a war of institutions: The scientific world is witnessing an ever more complex dynamic between universities and research institutions. What should the university of the future look like? What role will research institutions play in the future of scientific research?
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The health care challenge is clear: guaranteeing quality access while managing costs. Still, innovative answers often get bogged down in the mud of reform. What would happen if health care experts could design a system from scratch? What principles for health care in the 21st century would they come up with? |
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Innovation is key if Germany and the United States want to remain competitive during the “rise of the rest”. How can industrialized countries remain innovative? Which kind of initiatives and environments are needed for this feat?
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