In a recent article in this journal, Øyvind Østerud attacks postmodern interventions in international relations theory. He claims that postmodernism is not a serious academic approach, indeed that it threatens the very basis of scholarship. In this reply the epistemological claims of Østerud...

Climate policies must consider radiative forcing from Kyoto greenhouse gases, as well as other forcing constituents, such as aerosols and tropospheric ozone that result from air pollutants. Non-Kyoto forcing constituents contribute negative, as well as positive forcing, and overall increases in...

Through conceptual examples and demonstrations, we argue that the symbiotic combination of the Internet and humans will result in a significant enhancement of the previously existing, self-organizing social structure of humans. The combination of the unique capabilities of intelligent,...