Volume 5, Issue 6 - August 2026

The world is not short of knowledge, financial resources, or technical solutions—what is lacking is the integrated vision, knowledge of the process of global social evolution, and conscious coordination and political will to deploy them at the scale the moment demands.

Global Social Turbulence: Sources & Solutions: WAAS@65 Report Garry Jacobs, Ketan Patel The world is not short of knowledge, financial resources, or technical solutions—what is lacking is the integrated vision,... Read more	The Age of Cognitive Empires Ketan Patel Cognitive empires represent a new form of imperial power: influence exercised not through territory or coercion but through the structuring of cognition itself. Read more
Transdisciplinarity for Conflict Prevention: Legal Logics, Institutional Design, and Actionable Pathways Paul Shrivastava, Cristina Elena Popa Tache The article suggests some institutional reforms such as the mandatory introduction of peace impact assessments (PIAs) and the creation of anticipatory innovation units alongside transdisciplinary peace laboratories. Read more	Edgar Morin: Complexity, Education Sustainability & Human Development Alberto Zucconi, Garry Jacobs Education should not merely transmit information or technical competencies. It should cultivate wisdom, ethical reflection, critical thinking, empathy, and the capacity to navigate complexity. Read more
The World at a Crossroads: Managing a Change of Eras in an Age of Belligerent Uncertainty David Chikvaidze Multipolarity without strong, accepted and properly used multilateral instruments is inherently unstable, volatile, and dangerous, and the multilateralism of ‘like-minded groups’ is at best a placebo for particular situations and cannot take the place of universal multilateralism. Read more	Impatient Capital: Leveraging the Intelligence Explosion and Natural Resources to Make the Transformation to Net Zero Feasible Mariana Bozesan, Thomas Schulz If India, South America, and Africa simply reach today’s global average—as basic equity demands they must—worldwide emissions could surge by roughly one-third. Read more
Climate Disavowal: Inaction and Anticipation Phoebe Koundouri, et al. Through an existential lens, climate change denial can be understood not merely as ignorance or ideology, but as a reflection of how individuals confront—or avoid—the ethical responsibility inherent in their actions. Read more	Examining our Environmental Exposures could turn the Tables on Chronic Diseases Denis Naughten The Human Exposome Project is an international, cross-disciplinary coalition of researchers, organizations and policymakers working to map the combined impact of environmental exposures on human health from conception to death. Read more
The Global Peace Offensive: A Common Framework for Roll-out Donato Kiniger-Passigli, Charlotte Ørnemark Since war originates in the minds of people, weapons alone cannot provide lasting solutions to human conflicts. Read more	Global Governance for Peace Ana Jerković The balance of reason and emotions means a balanced personality, a balanced personality means a more balanced life, better interaction and better quality of action in society. Read more
Human Creativity: The Fluidity of Ideas in Contrast with Machines Adelina von Fürstenberg An idea is not merely thought; it evolves, gains nuance and color, and gently glides toward another. Read more	Imagining the Future as an Act of Responsibility Grant Schreiber Transdisciplinary thought has been a hallmark of WAAS since its inception and Clarke embodied exactly the kind of boundary-crossing intellectual spirit the organization was built to cultivate. Read more
Basic Laws of Development – Part III: Five Principles of Social Evolution Ashok Natarajan True individuality, rightly understood, is developmental and progressive. It grows from self-preservation to self-expression, from self-expression to self-thought, and from self-thought to self-transcendence. Read more	Beyond Achievement: From Fragmentation to Integration The Promise of True Transdisciplinary Education Kanimozhi Ganesan Technical competence determines what people can do, while values influence what they choose to do and why. Read more
The Role of Technology in the Social Evolution of the Global Village Pooja Asokan The future of digital India lies in promoting transformation of rural India into an electronically interconnected community of digital villages linked to the rest of the nation and the world beyond. Read more	Artificial Intelligence: The Perfect Psychopath Peter L Nelson An artificial intelligence system seems to simulate what can be understood to be a perfectly functional psychopath. Read more
Neo-Khaldunian Philosophy: A Research Program for the Onto-Epistemic Diagnosis of Civilizational Crisis Jelel Ezzine Neo-Khaldunian Philosophy is what becomes necessary when a framework refuses to stop at the boundary of its predecessor’s validity. Read more	Dunhuang – An Outstanding Example for the Protection of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, the Value of Cross-Civilizational Dialogue and the Timeless Wisdom of Ancient Civilizations Hans d’Orville Dunhuang today is not just a relic—it is a living center of global scholarship, culture, international cooperation, digital innovation and sustainable practices. Read more
Beyond 2030: The Transition To Abundance Needs Managing Ketan Patel, Garry Jacobs, Amanda Ellis An era of abundance is already with us and economic inequality is growing alongside it…a dangerous scenario for all involved. Read more