Category: World
Nairobi Biodiversity Talks Set the Stage for Key COP17 Decisions
Despite record participation in global biodiversity reporting and planning processes, countries remain off track to meet the world’s 2030 biodiversity goals, according to…
Impending UNIFIL Exit Pushes Lebanon Toward Uncertainty
Since the collapse of the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon announced in June, the humanitarian situation in Lebanon has deteriorated sharply. Marked by…
Did Fidel Castro’s decades-long defiance doom Cuba
When Fidel Castro came to power in 1959, Cuba was legally sovereign but in an extraordinarily asymmetric relationship with the United States. As…
How Iran has staved off economic collapse despite the US-Israeli war
Nearly six months after the U.S. and Israel launched an operation to overthrow the Iranian government, it’s fair to say their assault hasn’t…
The never-ending myth of a looming Ukrainian ‘breakthrough’
For those casually observing the war in Ukraine, the failure of Kyiv’s recent strikes on Russian territory to impact the battlefield might be…
The Iran war flushed $1.3 billion of Reaper drones down the drain
The U.S. has lost 45 MQ-9 Reaper drones, worth at least $1.3 billion, since the start of its war on Iran, the Washington…
Suddenly Trump wants to scale back military drills with S. Korea
On Sunday, President Donald Trump abruptly announced that he had directed the Pentagon to “substantially reduce” major U.S.-South Korea military drills that began…
As Mongolia Hosts COP17, Pastoralists Demand Space to Move, Survive and Restore
After moving more than 6,000 km across Eurasia, the Silk Road Caravan has reached Mongolia with stories from pastoralists whose livelihoods are increasingly…
How Global Aid Cuts are Undermining Women-Led Humanitarian Response in Sudan
Women-led and women’s rights organizations (WLOs) in humanitarian settings are collapsing amidst a complicated predicament in which needs are surging and international support…
International Criminal Court Under Attack
In a recent Wall Street Journal piece, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio pledged to ‘dismantle’ the International Criminal Court (ICC). The Trump…
