Dr. Nels Granholm
We must be responsible citizens of the world
While in Manchester, England, I have had an opportunity to view the world and international politics from a perspective quite different than that of Brookings. Seeing the world through the eyes of the numerous British ethnic groups and the English news media has given me the following thoughts about citizenship.
Creating a governing body for the planet
Three recent events came together to encourage me to write this column. Two distinguished visitors came to Brookings (Dr. John B. Cobb Jr. and Dr. Per Pinstrup-Andersen). Also, Dr. Peter Singer, an ethicist at Princeton University, wrote a short paper in the 10/11/02 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Use modern biotechnology to help the indiginous subsistence farmers
Because of their absolute poverty and chronic hunger, one sixth of the world’s population, about one billion people, face a very serious day-to-day challenge just to keep going. We as Americans have no idea how these people keep going. But they do! About 650 million of the poorest of the poor live in Africa, Asia and elsewhere surviving on marginal land via subsistence farming.
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