Getting the Insight Out
After nearly half a decade, the 69 containers of waste that Filipino officials asserted were shipped illegally have finally departed home for Vancouver. The containers have been a source of More
Over the last several years, the foreign policy of the People’s Republic of China, has taken a new, more assertive direction. This is a marked departure from Deng Xiaoping’s philosophy More
At the end of April 2019, Ukraine elected Volodymyr Zelensky as the country’s new president in a landslide victory against incumbent Petro Poroshenko. Zelensky’s election and the support for his More
Development has defined international economic discourse for decades as efforts towards global poverty reduction and increased growth continue to fuel ambitious and expensive projects. For years, billions of dollars have More
The latest in a series of alarming environmental reports, the UN Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IBES) Global Assessment, warns of catastrophic species extinction rates. Published on More
China is an officially atheist country, known for its desire to maintain state control over religious groups. Yet in recent years, many scholars and political pundits have noted that the More
An analysis of the World Inequality Report, its main conclusions, and its implications for the future
Image Credits: James N. Mattis, via Flickr Creative Commons For decades, Saudi Arabia had a very low-key profile in international affairs, and limited its foreign involvement to the Middle East. More
Image Credits: Ben Sutherland, via Flickr Creative Commons In 1980, the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) led by Robert Mugabe gained independence from the white supremacist state of Rhodesia. Mugabe won More
Image Credits: Eric Bridiers for the United States Mission in Geneva In late October, the World Health Organization (WHO) appointed Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe as their Goodwill Ambassador. Immediately following More