The 5 most under-reported humanitarian crises that are happening right nowPresident Trump started dominating the American news cycle before he was even elected, and the soap opera that has unfolded...
PODCAST: What Happened to Iraq’s Oil Wealth?What happened to Iraq’s oil wealth? That is the central question of the book: Pipe Dreams: The Plundering of Iraq’s...
Young People Around the World Are Increasingly Suing Governments To Protect the Environment. (And they are winning)In 1998, researchers at Shell wrote a memo in which they predicted a series of devastating storms in the year...
UPDATE: A Chemical Weapon Has Been Used in Syria. What Does the Security Council Do Now?UPDATE: The Security Council is meeting again today, potentially on separate resolutions offered by the United States and Russia. The...
PODCAST: The Steve Coll Interview Journalist Steve Coll is a staff writer at the New Yorker, dean of the Colombia School of Journalism and...
Map of the Day: Where Investment in Renewables is BoomingToday’s map comes from a new UN-backed report Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2018. As the name suggests the report,...
PODCAST: Bosnia is in Vladimir Putin’s Crosshairs. Chaos and Conflict to Return to the Balkans?A few weeks ago I was having lunch with a former high ranking US diplomat whose work focused on Russia...
The White House Turns to the UN to Fight ISIS’ Re-Emergence in Syria. (But Denies it the Funding to Do So)The White House sought to address some confusion over President Trump’s suggestion yesterday that American troops should quit Syria. The...
It’s Been Four Months Since Robert Mugabe’s Ouster. Has Zimbabwe Changed for the Better?24 November 2017 was an electrifying day for Zimbabweans. For the first time in 30 years, they would have a...