STWR - Share The World's Resources

The tragedy of the commons - which asserts that human beings are helpless prisoners of biology and the market - is a useful political myth, and a scientific-sounding way of saying that there is no alternative to the dominant world order, writes Ian Angus.

Water and sanitation are not far behind the food, energy and climate crises - and the causes of water scarcity are essentially identical to those of the food crisis, say development analysts. Reported by Thalif Deen.

A gathering of international thinkers, artists, and activists is inspiring a new revolution in the right to water and what belongs to the commons. By Jay Walljasper.

We therefore need to create an institution imbued with sovereign powers to develop the massive fuel sources in the Arctic Circle- a necessary and far-reaching step based on enhanced global co-operation,says Jeffrey Garten.

The task is nothing less than reclaiming water as a commons for the earth and all people that must be wisely and sustainably shared and managed if we are to survive - and this will not happen unless we are prepared to reject the basic tenets of market-based globalization, writes Maude Barlow.

The electrification of poor, rural communities will mean a more equitable distribution of the gains from globalization – ultimately giving the poor a voice in national or international decision-making processes, write Adriana Valencia and Georg Caspary.

Georgia's disastrous attack on South Ossetia has given Russia a perfect excuse to roll back US control of Azerbaijan's oil supply, argues Dilip Hiro.