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Rethinking a Women’s Health Care Agenda

By Marian Lief Palley and Howard A. Palley

Women’s health care issues are increasingly a part of the political agenda in the United States. Below, Marian Lief Palley and Howard A. Palley argue that the organised women’s movement has often been successful in changing the definition of women’s health and has played a significant role in getting many elements of women’s health care needs on the agenda.

Total Sustainability

By Ian Pearson

Sustainability is one of the big issues of our time. Here Ian Pearson discusses future economy and governance, and argues that sustainability can only be properly understood when looking at the whole system.

China and the Middle East: More Than Oil

By Abbās Varij Kāzemi & Xiangming Chen

China has spread its ties to the Middle East in ways that go beyond oil. Below, Abbās Varij Kāzemi and Xiangming Chen argue that if we want to know what China’s next global move might be, we should watch the Middle East.

November – December 2014

ExecuJet: Taking Off in Africa
Interview with Chris Frost

Banking on Sustainability
Interview with Karin Ireton

The Wind of Change Must Blow Waste Further up the Agenda
Jonas Törnblom

Sustainability: The Leadership Challenge
Mike Peirce

 

Leadership
360 Degrees of Leadership
Interview with Deborah Winslow Nutter

 

Sustainability
Total Sustainability
Ian Pearson

 

Banking
Putting Executive Pay in Context
David De Cremer

 

Health Care
Rethinking a Women’s Health Care Agenda

Marian Lief Palley and Howard A. Palley


Alan Greenspan: Structure of the Oil Market Has Changed

Interview with Mr Zhan, Director – UNCTAD DIAE

America’s Never-Ending War in the Middle East

By Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett

While President Obama continues – at least for now – to resist redeploying large numbers of U.S. soldiers to fight the Islamic State on the ground, the military components of the anti-Islamic State strategy he has laid out effectively recommit the United States to its post-9/11 template for never-ending war in the Middle East. In the end, such an approach can only compound the damage that has already been done to America’s severely weakened strategic position in the Middle East by its previous post-9/11 military misadventures.   

New Capitalism: A Holistic Approach to Development

Interview with Jan Sturesson

Jan Sturesson is Global Leader of Government and Public Services Industry at PwC. In the following interview with The World Financial Review, Jan answers some of today’s burning questions on sustainable development and argues that, if development is undertaken with a holistic approach, urbanisation does not have to be the threat to sustainability that many people perceive.

Making Sustainable Attainable

By Ian Brooks

From its early beginnings as a financially risky and purely philanthropic venture, Sustainable Investing has evolved into not only a viable but also a financially rewarding sector. Below, Ian Brooks makes the case for Sustainable Investment and argues that in its modern form it has positive implications for the investor in more ways than one.

Sustainability: Getting Down to Business

Interview with Nikos Avlonas

As the Millennium Development Goals near their 2015 deadline, the role that the private sector must play in driving a global sustainability agenda is becoming clearer than ever. Below, Nikos Avlonas, founder and President of the Centre for Sustainability & Excellence (CSE), discusses the importance of doing business sustainably, the steps organisations must take to integrate sustainability into their day-to-day operations, and how CSE is helping companies around the world improve their sustainability performance.

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