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Interview with Mikhail Gorbachev
Mark Hertsgaard interviews Mikhail Gorbachev, former Soviet president and co-chair of State of the World Forum.
Glasnost is working, globalization isn't.

Interview with George Soros
Mark Schapiro interviews George Soros, philanthropist and international hedge fund manager who spoke at several events at State of the World Forum.
It's time to democratize the world's money.

A Citizens' U.N.?
by Mark Schapiro
Right now, nation-states have the monopoly on international institutions. The Forum responds with a proposal for a trans-national council of citizens.

Holding Adults Responsible for the World's Children
by Phillip Tomlinson
Craig Kielburger is only a high school student, but he has been playing on an adult stage fighting for his peers across the globe ever since he was 12.

Getting Executives to Turn on a Paradigm
by Phillip Frazer
Suggestions are on the table about what it takes to make corporations act more responsibly. Will it be spontaneous consciousness raising, guerilla warfare or something in between?

Colonial Conflicts in a Globalized World
by Ana Arana and Garry M. Leech
Oil companies are used to getting their way in disputes with indigenous communities over development rights. Now a precedent-setting federal lawsuit filed in U.S. federal court by indigenous groups from the Ecuadoran Amazon is changing the rules of the game.

Women on the Verge of an Economic Breakdown
by Phillip Tomlinson
Women already bear most of the world's burdens--working two-thirds of the world's hours and earning only 10 percent of the world's income. Will globalization mean an even greater assault on their livelihood and a deeper sense of insecurity than before?

Cashing in on Poverty
by Garry M. Leech
The Cold War and the 1970s energy crisis led to the accumulation of crippling debt by governments of the developing world. Some suggest we have a moral obligation to clean the slate.

State of the World Index
Compiled by Kevin Walter
and Phillip Tomlinson A by-the-numbers look at our new global village.

Two for the Road: Religion's Path Ahead
by Marc Ian Barasch
As science and modern life hurtles forward into the future, it's time to move beyond weekly transfusions of holiness from churches and temples. We need portals to the "InnerNet" and "socialized meditation."

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