Making ‘Generation Educated’ a Reality
Continuous declines in international education aid are depriving half of all young people in the developing world — some 800 million children — of...
The US Economy’s Dirty Secret
There is a dirty little secret in economics today: the United States has benefited – and continues to benefit – from the global slump....
China should lead on air pollution
The United Nations expects 68% of the world’s population to live in urban areas by 2050. As governments scramble to manage this flood of urban migration,...
Global Consequences of a Sino-American Cold War
A few years ago, as part of a Western delegation to China, I met President Xi Jinping in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People....
The Myth of Climate Wars?
In the years leading up to Syria’s civil war, the country endured three consecutive record-breaking droughts. By forcing internal displacement, the droughts arguably contributed...
The Coming Technological Cold War
Lurking behind the Trump administration’s trade conflict with China lies an abiding fear that the United States could be losing its advantage in the...
American Soft Power in the Age of Trump
US President Donald Trump’s administration has shown little interest in public diplomacy. And yet public diplomacy — a government’s efforts to communicate directly with...
No time to waste: Stop plastic pollution
Plastic pollution kills an estimated one million people around the world each year and causes enormous damage to the environment, health and livelihoods of...
Europe Should Lead on Climate Action
Since the massive mobilization effort that preceded the 2009 Conference of the Parties (COP15) in Copenhagen, the world has begun translating words and intentions...
Towards a disastrous war
Former US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power once called genocidal wars “a problem from hell.” As US President Donald Trump’s administration ratchets...
