The Big Problem With “Great Power Competition” | Ali WyneIn this episode, we are joined by Ali Wyne, senior analyst with Eurasia Group’s Global Macro-Geopolitics practice, focusing on US-China...
Why Do Some Countries Succeed in Economic Development While Others Fail?Why have some countries experience durable economic progress while other countries remain left behind? This basic question has vexed development...
Can Cryptocurrency Accelerate Global Development?Some of the most innovative cryptocurrency projects today are being built in the developing world — and Sub-Saharan Africa in...
What Will COVID-19 Do to the Sustainable Development Goals?The economic impact of COVID-19 could increase global poverty for the first time in three decades, pushing more than half...
The UN is Warning of a Massive Crisis as Desert Locusts Ravage East AfricaDesert locusts are killing crops across East Africa and in so doing, threatening the food supply of millions of people....
How Diplomacy Can Save the Nile RiverEd note. This first appeared in The Conversation Mahemud Tekuya, University of the Pacific Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt are a...
War Crimes and Ethnic Cleansing Were Committed Against the Rohingya of Myanmar. They Deserve Justice. But How?In August 2017, hundreds of thousands of ethnic Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar fled across the border to Bangladesh. The Rohingya...
Drought in the Horn of Africa is Threatening 15 Million PeopleThe Horn of Africa region, which includes parts of Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia, is experiencing a severe drought. This region has...
A Progress Report on the Sustainable Development GoalsFour years ago, in 2015, the world adopted the Sustainable Development Goals. These are 17 goals around improving health, welfare...