The Foresight Institute - Foresight's goal is to guide emerging technologies to improve the human condition - it focuses on nanotechnology and "systems that will enhance knowledge exchange and critical discussion, thus improving public and private policy decisions".

Nanotechnology without Genies - Critique of the belief system associated with nanotechnology. (However, much of it demonstrates a severe failure to understand the arguments of key nanotechnology advocates.)

Nanosocialism - Seminal paper which argues that nanotechnology projections need to be tempered by realism about what it will be used for in the hands of corporations and governments - but that nanotechnology also offers enormous opportunities for the liberation of humanity.

Molecular Nanotechnology and the World System - NanoWar - by Thomas McCarthy. "Molecular nanotechnology (MNT) is an emerging technology that has the potential to redefine the sources of power in the world and to change the structure of the international system, thus influencing the business of states, from how they live and trade to how they conduct war."

Focused Study on Nanobiotechnology - A report from the US military on the implications of nanobiotechnology.

Nanotechnology: The Coming Molecular Revolution - Student report on the potential for nanotechnology from a management point of view.

Societal Implications of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology - Report from an interdisplinary workshop held at the National Science Foundation (U.S.), covering a range of topics in the area of ethical, legal, social, cultural, medical, political, and environmental implications.