Category: World
Iran to Israel: You hit Lebanon, and we’ll hit the UAE
Despite the ceasefire and tentative progress toward a memorandum of understanding between Washington and Tehran, the Persian Gulf has remained perilously volatile. In…
From Seed to Canopy: How a GEF-Funded Smallholder Project is Restoring the Environment, Building Livelihoods
As 52-year-old Alice Onyango walks through her farm in Siaya county, Kenya, you can tell she is proud of her trees, as some…
Developing Countries Feel Squeeze from Lower Natural Resource Revenue & Falling Foreign Aid
Developing countries face major difficulties as income from natural resource extraction industries decreases and wealthier nations reduce their aid. Nontax revenue from natural…
New US Fed Policy Deepens World Stagflation
The Federal Reserve Bank’s turn to ‘reserve management’ exposes the limited policy options still available as the US seeks to protect itself against…
Trump’s intensified airstrikes in Nigeria are strategically pointless
On May 19, a press release from the Nigerian military proclaimed that, in a joint operation with the United States, it dealt a…
Fiber-optic drones show profound limits of ‘cutting-edge’ weapons
“Birds in Ukraine are building nests from drone cable.” The headline itself tells a story, but the subsequent article in The Sunday Times…
More Iran war? There goes the neighborhood, and world economy.
For all the uncertainty about what will happen next on the military and diplomatic front in the Iran war, there is certainty about…
Japan and Kazakhstan: A Partnership for an Age of Energy Insecurity and Nuclear Risk
The relationship between Japan and Kazakhstan is often described in terms of diplomacy, investment and regional cooperation. But at a time of growing…
How the Global Anti-Rights Movement Is Targeting Women’s Rights in Africa Through Family Laws
Millions of African women live under laws that deny them equal rights at home. A well-funded global movement is working to make sure…
The Search is On for the Next U.N. Secretary General in a Turbulent World
AS THE WORLD HURTLES TO HELL (albeit in a SpaceX rather than a hand basket), it might seem of only academic interest which cipher…
