Envisioning human security – commentary to Gill

A Geometric Approach to Total Envisioning

Conventional envisioners proposed in qualitative physics have two difficulties in common: ambiguities in prediction and inability of reasoning about global behaviors. We take a geometric approach to overcome these difficulties and have implemented a program PSX2NL which can reason about global behaviors by analyzing geometry and topology of solution curves of ordinary differential equations in ...

Envisioning the Future to Empower Action

A single tweet brings about the end of the world as we know it. It sounds highly implausible, but in 2027, it could be our reality. Threatcasting Workshop West 2017, which was jointly sponsored by the Army Cyber Institute and Arizona State University, aimed to provide new clarity about tomorrow. In early May, 47 participants from diverse organizations used threatcasting to create 22 futures reg...

Commentary: Deficient approaches to human neuroimaging

Commentary: Survey research in Social Security.

Though some data needs can be met using program information collected as part of the claims process, these data are not sufficient to prwide a comprehensive picture of the degree to which Social Security contributes to the economic security of the beneficiary population. Additional information-such as other income sources, amount of total income, assets, work experience, and health-is essential...

The Arab Human Development Report – Envisioning an Arab Renaissance

ditor’s Introduction: The Arab Human Development Report (ahdr) has had a noteworthy career. Within the Arab world, it has stimulated debate and controversy. In Europe and the United States, since its publication almost every discussion about development, democratization, and reform in Arab countries has made reference to the ahdr’s findings. Furthermore, outside reform initiatives, such as thos...