Category: World
Where did the Billion Dollar Funding for Rohingya Refugees Go?
Landslides and flooding triggered by heavy monsoon rains swept through the world’s most densely populated concentration of refugee camps this week, killing at…
Renewed Attacks on Strait of Hormuz Deepen Global Supply Chain Concerns
Renewed attacks on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz have intensified concerns over global energy markets along with supply chain disruptions, as…
Why Pastoral Production Requires Regional Coordination, Harmonised Policy
At the 64th sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB64) under the UNFCCC in Bonn, Germany, the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform (LCIPP)…
Remember Your Humanity
Prof. Karen Hallberg Secretary General, Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs …
AI Helping Modernize Trade Across Asia and the Pacific, Though Adoption Gaps Remain
Artificial intelligence is reshaping trade processes across Asia and the Pacific. However, despite growing interest, most economies have yet to deploy the technology…
China just got one step closer to its own nuclear triad
On Monday, China test-fired a long-range submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) toward the South Pacific Ocean, drawing nervous reactions from countries across the Asia-Pacific…
When Arctic icebreakers become tools of Great Power conflict
At a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Arctic security in March, Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-Fla.) argued that “the U.S. cannot afford to…
Is Lebanon hurtling towards a Libya-style civil war?
In a recent interview, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter, claimed that the Lebanese army was marginalizing Shiite military personnel in…
Poor Governance Enables Violence Against Women in Cameroon
In Cameroon’s Far North region, Adiza, a 57-year-old woman had spent nearly three decades confined to her home by her husband. She was…
Invasive Prickly Pear Turned into Food, Clean Energy Source
An international academic partnership is helping turn one of Laikipia County’s most destructive and invasive plants, the prickly pear cactus (Opuntia stricta), into…
