Volume 5, Issue 5 - December, 2025

The world is undergoing rapid and profound transformation, and meeting this moment requires new ways of thinking, new forms of collaboration, and renewed commitment to shared global purpose. This issue brings together leading thinkers whose insights span global development, human security, climate resilience, leadership, culture, economics, governance, and the deeper evolution of human consciousness.

Social Development Theory Harlan Cleveland, Garry Jacobs For both businesses and societies, values represent that highest form of organization for directing human energies in constructive and productive activities. The quality and height of the values set the limits on the magnitude of developmental achievements. Read more	Basic Laws of Development – Part II Ashok Natarajan Every challenge is an opportunity, every problem has a solution: existence is inherently self-reconciling. Read more
Transforming Increasingly Complex Earth Systems During Times of Accelerating Global Change Peter Schlosser Trust in academia is diminishing due to the widespread belief that it does not offer the insights required by those who must make critical decisions about the challenging issues of the present and future. Read more	Turbulent Times: A Framework for Navigating Global Crisis Through Conscious Transformation Ketan Patel, Christian Hansmeyer Technological solutions alone cannot address the deeper philosophical crisis at civilization’s heart, which result from fundamental limitations in the concepts and theories underpinning governance of nation-states and global society. Read more
A Global Roadmap towards inclusive Human Security Phoebe Koundouri, Konstantinos Dellis, Janani Ramanathan Human Security adopts a people-centered approach that emphasizes the importance of understanding local perceptions of precarity and security. Read more	Science, Society, and Sustainability: Toward a New Paradigm of Integrated Knowledge for Human Security Garry Jacobs Global science must become a common cultural project—a means of cultivating unity in diversity, grounded in shared responsibility for the planet. Read more
Reconceptualizing Leadership and Reeducating Collaborators in the Twenty-first Century Matthew Chodkowski Leadership is essentially collaboration in action. Read more	Bridging the Gap: The Role of Green Quantitative Easing and Central Bank Digital Currencies in Managing, Funding and Hedging Our Common Future Stefan Brunnhuber We must change the architecture of the international monetary system (IMS) to enable new, ‘out-of-the-box’ and ‘best-next-step’ solutions. Read more
Suggestions for Financing a Better & More Secure World: On Reciprocal Relations within Tax and Taxation Lotta Björklund Larsen Taxation should be understood as the nexus of a nation’s economy, the formation of the state, and the values held by its citizens. Read more	Reconcentration Around Empires Carlos Blanco Democracy is an essential value and praxis for respecting human dignity, our freedom, and our right to be what we choose. Read more
American Hegemony at a Critical Juncture, Lessons from History’s Great Powers Ketan Patel, Christian Hansmeyer, Nandan Desai, Aditya Ajit Ultimately, preserving global influence will require more than the assertion of dominance, it will require articulating and sustaining a vision of order that solicits followership, and implementing changes that counter the decline markers identified. Read more	Reliable Knowledge through the Integration of Art & Science Garry Jacobs Reliable knowledge becomes the compass for navigating the complexity of our age—knowledge that is at once factual and value-based, analytical and creative, rational and humane. Read more
Advancing a Planetary Arts Movement: A Manifesto for X-ART Joanna Nurse Art is a method of knowing, perceiving, and transforming reality, and artistic creativity plays a vital role in shaping ethical awareness and collective intelligence. Read more	Cultural Code of Evolution: Spirituality, Creativity, Morality, Ethics Natalia Rojcovscaia-Tumaha Humanity stands at a threshold where the forces of creativity, spirituality, morality, and ethics must converge into a new cultural paradigm. Read more
The Forgotten Why Jonathan Granoff Wisdom grows where the heart is filled with human qualities of love and compassion. Read more	Thoughts on Repeated Past Major Climatic Events Ioannis Liritzis Today’s climate change is not unprecedented in the history of our planet and the civilizations it has hosted, but it is unprecedented for today’s inhabitants. Read more
Homo sapiens: An Endangered Species Gerald Gutenschwager Our success in resolving specific problems technologically at a local and specialized level has now created a problem of survival at a global scale. Read more	The Climate Challenge as a Catalyst for Global Social Evolution Garry Jacobs Sustainability requires a conscious transition of humanity to responsible civilization. Read more