Better Know Joe Biden’s Foreign Policy Views — Is there a “Biden Doctrine?”Joe Biden formally accepts the Democratic party’s nomination for US President this week at the Democratic National Convention — which...
Polio vaccination campaigns have resumed in Afghanistan and Pakistan – the last two countries where the crippling disease has a foothold – after a reported “surge” in cases.Child vaccination drives, including against polio, were stopped in March due to concerns that they might increase the risk of...
Belarus Protests Threaten to Take Down Europe’s Last DictatorBelarus is sometimes referred to as Europe’s last dictatorship. Since 1994 it has been ruled by just one man —...
Stranded by Civil War, A Leaky Oil Tanker Off the Coast of Yemen Threatens to Unleash the World’s Worst-Ever Oil SpillThe story of a leaky oil tanker stranded off the coast of Yemen is, in part, the story of the...
New Study: Coastal Flooding Could Cost Up to 20% of the Global EconomyEbru Kirezci, University of Melbourne and Ian Young, University of Melbourne Over the past two weeks, storms pummelling the New...
Eight Catastrophic Risks That Threaten Humanity — And How International Cooperation Might Stop ThemThere is a certain category of disaster, whether manmade or natural, that poses an existential threat to humanity. These are...
Crisis in MaliMali is in the midst of its most serious political crisis in years. Thousands of people have taken to the...
Another Devastating Humanitarian Crisis is Colliding with COVID-19 in South Asia: Monsoon Floods.More than 9.6 million people in India, Bangladesh and Nepal have been affected by flooding from this year’s devastating monsoon...
Why Foreign Aid and Global Development Donors Should Publish What They FundBillions of dollars are spent each year on foreign aid and global development. In the past, the exact amount of...
