The Amazon is rapidly approaching a tipping point, beyond which forest dieback could cause permanent degradation.
The Amazon’s Future Will Be Decided in 2025
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Climate Displacement Is Also a Health Crisis
Climate displacement is not a distant or hypothetical threat; it is a rapidly escalating health emergency.
The End of Progress?
Can reason, logic and science withstand a barrage of lies?
The Cost of Fear: Safeguarding Immigrant Students in Our Schools
With the Trump Administration signaling fundamental shifts in immigration policy, schools across the United States face an urgent crisis —
The Truth About Migration
Time and again, migration has driven human advancement. With the right policies, it will continue to do so.
The Economic Consequences of Trump 2.0
The US president-elect’s signature policies will do almost nothing positive for less educated Americans or significantly improve the
Touching the Face of our Star
On December 26th, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe touched the Sun, flying faster than any human object before and reminding us that mankind can
What If Trump Subdues the Fed?
More and more commentators are thinking the unthinkable: Donald Trump might end the Fed’s independence. The result would be calamitous.
Impostors at War
Impersonation is as old as war itself.
The Sources of Japanese Resilience
One day, when it comes to ‘democratic exceptionalism’, we may think ‘Japan’ not ‘the US’. Why? The answer is resilience.
Amazon Is Busting Democracy, Not Just Unions
Plutocracy is not just bad for democracy. It harms workers, too. We deserve better.
Trump Tariffs: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
President-elect Trump has promised to usher in wide-ranging ‘beautiful’ tariffs in 2025, but there is no lipstick that can make the pig
Once Again, It Was the Economy, Stupid
The economy played a critical role in the 2024 presidential race.
What Will Trump’s Victory Mean for the Climate?
On climate and especially environmental policy, the return of Donald Trump to the White House is clearly bad news.
Harris or Chaos
While Donald Trump promises stability through authoritarian control, he would instead deliver unprecedented chaos and social disorder.
The Biodiversity Crisis Is a Security Crisis
If left unaddressed, biodiversity loss will accelerate climate change and amplify its consequences, contributing to more natural disasters
How China Is Preparing for America’s Next President
China is girding itself for a long-term adversarial relationship with the US, regardless of who is America’s next president.
Who Needs a New Economic Paradigm?
Demand for new economic paradigms is fast outrunning supply.
America’s Protectionist Policies Are Backfiring
The US and its allies would be wise to abandon unilateralism and pursue coordinated multilateral measures.
The Debt That Shall Not Be Named
Neither presidential candidate wants to address the national debt. But as president, they must.
Where Is the War in Ukraine Heading?
With Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war of aggression against Ukraine now well into its third year, there are mounting questions about
A New Trilemma Haunts the World Economy
Can the world simultaneously address climate change, alleviate poverty, and boost the middle class? Maybe not, but it is worth trying.
The US Election Will Overturn Europe’s Strategic Status Quo
Europe needs to take control of its own strategic destiny no matter who wins the US election in November.
Would Harris or Trump Be Better for the World Economy?
A major uncertainty looming over the global economy is who will be the next US president.