Trump’s Most Worrisome Legacy
Kirstjen Nielsen’s forced resignation as US Secretary of Homeland Security is no reason to celebrate. Yes, she presided over the forced separation of families...
Bad News for Women
Nancy Pelosi is the highest-ranking elected female politician in the history of the United States. Theresa May is only the second female British prime...
Governing a Digitally Networked World
Governments built the current systems and institutions of international cooperation to address nineteenth- and twentieth-century problems. But in today’s complex and fast-paced digital world,...
Democracy versus Disinformation
These are difficult days for liberal democracy. But of all the threats that have arisen in recent years — populism, nationalism, illiberalism — one...
Fighting Climate Change Means Fighting Organized Crime
As the world’s largest terrestrial carbon sink, the Amazon is a key front in the fight against climate change. But it is also host...
Beyond the Traditional Family
Last month, Pope Francis traveled to Abu Dhabi, where he met Ahmed el-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar (Al-Azhar University is the leading Sunni...
Risky Retirement Business
The challenges posed by an aging population are manifold, and they are neither new nor unique. The populations of Italy and Japan have been...
Global Health Versus Online Trolls
The most frustrating part of my job as a public health scientist is the spread of false information – usually online – that overrides...
Regulating Speech in the New Public Square
Today, debates about public issues play out on social media, people receive their news via digital platforms, and politicians pitch their policies using these...
A Green New Deal for Europe
Earlier this month, Jim Yong Kim abruptly resigned from his post as World Bank president, leaving a pillar of the international financial order without...
