Archived Issues

The Global Systems Review 

Issue 17
In this Issue:
The Three Layers of Interconnectedness – How an ever-deepening understanding of interconnectedness sheds light on national security.
What’s New in Security? – Exploring parameters of a people-centered, big-picture-oriented new narrative for national security.
PNSR’s Blueprint for National Security 2010 – Concrete recommendations for reforming our national security process and infrastructure.
Americans Facing our Future with Resilience – Considering new approaches to enhance our resilience and sustainability.
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Issue 16
In this Issue:
Redefining National Security – Exploring our polarized political culture as an issue of national security.
National Security and Sustainability – Exploring sustainability as a national strategic imperative for the 21st century.

Issue 15
In this Issue:
Re-Claiming Our Place in the Web of Life – Introducing the theme of this issue: We are a part of the natural world, not apart from it
Bioneers:  A Declaration of Interdependence – Exploring practical and visionary solutions for restoring people and planet.
Permaculture: A Regenerative Design System – Asking, ‘How does nature do it?’
Ecoliteracy, Systems Thinking, and Smart by Nature Education – Educating our children for sustainability through ecoliteracy.

Issue 14
In this Issue:
In Celebration of Emergence – As systems break down, what is breaking through? How Vision, Heart, and Hope are being born in these times.
In Celebration of Emergence, Part II – Meet some of the special people and programs bringing Vision, Heart, and Hope into our lives.

Issue 13  More...
In this Issue:
Policy-Making in an Interconnected World – Fritjof Capra’s keynote address explores implications of systems and complexity theory for policy-making.
Questions from the Edge of Chaos – Louise Diamond shares some of the key questions for further inquiry that emerged from the conversation.
Worldview Coherence – James O’Dea reflects after the event on the importance for the administration of a coherent worldview.

Issue 12  More...
In this Issue:
The Heart of National Security – Exploring heart-power as an essential ingredient in national security
Global Systems Initiatives News – Updates on projects and training opportunities

Issue 11  More...
In this Issue:
Copenhagen and Holiday Gifts Galore – How ecosystem services are the best gift of all.
Digging Out – Lessons from 2009 and a massive snowstorm.

Issue 10  More...
In this Issue:
Viva 350! – Celebrating citizen action for climate change. More...
My Nobel Weekend – Reflections on the Obama Nobel Peace Prize.  More...
Change Power – A new initiative to apply our collective wisdom on change to global challenges. More...

Issue 9  More...
In this Issue:
Peace Power – Exploring the secret of peace and its power to change our lives. More...
Ceasefire! – A time to pause in the din of battle and listen. More...

Issue 8 - More...
In this Issue:
The Greatest Mother of All – Celebrating Mother Earth and our ‘inter-being’ with the natural world. More...
Mothers of Peace – Honoring women as leaders of peace and the partnership way. More...

Issue 7 - More...
In this Issue:
Washington Report, April – Reflections on the winds of change in Washington since January 20.
A Whole-of-Government Approach to National Security – Robert Gates, Secretary of Defense, calls for greater integration in policy planning for national security. More...
Systems Theory and U.S. Foreign Policy – Charles Brown analyzes President Obama’s recent European trip from a systems perspective. More...

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In this Issue:
The Stories We Tell Ourselves – Examining our beliefs about the relationship between human beings and the natural world to address the environmental crisis.
The Story of Global Security – Women in the field of international security explore their assumptions about America’s role in the world in these times.
The Story of Real Wealth – David Korten suggests we re-organize our failing economy on the basis of the true nature of wealth and money.

Issue 5 - More...
In this Issue:
Inaugurating a New Spirit – On Tuesday we launch a new collective journey, infused with the essence of hope.
The Beginning of a Conversation – Glenda Eoyang frames the risks and opportunities of the new inquiry inaugurated with Obama’s presidency.
Leaving the Forbidden City – James O’Dea tells the meta-story of our evolutionary shift in these times.

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In this Issue:
Letter to Santa – I’ve made my wish list – of questions I’d like Santa, or someone, to answerNew Year’s Resolutions – Eight commitments for 2009
Special Gifts – Alan Betts and Tom Atlee weigh in on sustainability and deliberative democracy

Issue 3 - More...
In this Issue:
Memo to the President-Elect – Encouraging the new administration to operationalize interconnectedness across all government structures and actions.
Reflections on Connections – Examining further the imperative to Connect the Disconnected
A Spiral View of Terrorism – A powerful 1996 analysis by Don Beck of the horizontal and vertical patterns relating to terrorism, still relevant today.

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In this Issue:
Why Obama, Why Now? – Exploring the nexus between the person who is Barack Obama and the extraordinary times we live in. 
What Middle America Thinks – A clear and moving mainstream endorsement of Obama by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Moving Hope to Action – A baker’s dozen suggestions for how we can elect ourselves as agents of change in these times.

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In this Issue:
Falling Down and Rising Up – Exploring assumptions and opportunities within the current economic crisis through a systems lens
The New Facts of Life – Fritjof Capra explains how systems thinking helps us understand the interconnectedness of world problems, including fuel, climate, and food.
Time for Creative Synergy – Change agents need skills in accessing the realm of possibility – together.