Other constraints loom as well. Rapid economic expansion implies that supplies of energy and raw materials will increasingly limit potential growth.

But there is good news around the corner really good news.

This is probably the skyline that most of you know about Doha.

What we've done is we've pushed happiness over the cognitive horizon as a society.

Sadly, there doesn't seem to be an answer in the horizon.

Truly effective global governance is the strategic horizon that humanity must pursue today with all its energy.

TEL AVIV Syria s crisis is now a year old, with close to 10,000 people, mostly civilians, dead and no end in sight.

With a general election looming in the months ahead, the air is already thick with political recrimination. The Mars mission if it succeeds is one thing that can literally rise above it all.

The comprehensive peace agreement for Sudan signed in 2005 turned out to be less comprehensive than envisaged, and its provisions may yet bear the seeds of a full scale return to war between north and south.

SANTIAGO The Viennese writer Stefan Zweig allegedly said, Brazil is the country of the future and always will be. Likewise, centrist politics in Latin America has perpetually been on the horizon until now.

So, what does the looming US withdrawal mean for India s role in Afghanistan? India has largely focused its aid efforts on building institutional capacity and developing human resources, so that Afghans can stand on their own feet before long.

We are really only scratching the surface of what is possible today, and with the community's input, and also with the involvement of developers and researchers from around the world, we hope that you can help us to shape where the technology goes from here. Thank you so much.

Sudah saatnya para pemimpin dunia mengakhiri 50 tahun masa kebimbangan. Mereka harus memanfaatkan kesempatan di Paris, mengesampingkan kepentingan jangka pendek mereka, dan akhirnya bertindak tegas untuk mencegah bencana planet yang akan terjadi.

To be sure, Germany is justified in rejecting narrow minded calls by France and Italy for unconditional fiscal expansion. After all, fiscal stimulus can work only if it supports private investment and is accompanied by much more ambitious structural reforms the kind of reforms that France and Italy are currently resisting.

So often, particularly at a young age, we look far afield for our models of the meaningful life, and sometimes they're in our own kitchens, talking on the phone, making us dinner, doing all that keeps the world going around and around.

TEL AVIV Syria s crisis is now a year old, with close to 10,000 people, mostly civilians, dead and no end in sight. The country is at a stalemate the opposition is unable to topple President Bashar al Assad s regime, and Assad s forces are unable to quash the resistance.