Category: World

Ramez Naam on how to beat Putin, solve climate change, and build the future

Noah Smith’s interview with Ramez Naam, futurist, author, and investor, in Noahpinion: When I want…

It’s Time To Globalize Compassion: Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi

A mere 35 billion US dollars per annum – equivalent to 10 days of military…

Abandoned Places

Some images of abandoned & deserted places, etc. from all over the world:

Circular Migration To and From: ‘Wheel and Come Again’

Colin Grant at Lapham’s Quarterly: Today almost as many Caribbeans reside overseas than live at…

This is What We Need to Invent to Fight Climate Change

The world now has many of the tools needed to keep climate change in check,…

A Crop of New Books Attempts to Explain the Allure of Conspiracy Theories

Trevor Quirk in Guernica: For the millions who were enraged, disgusted, and shocked by the…

Has Neoliberalism Really Come to an End?

Neoliberalism is contemporarily used to refer to market-oriented reform policies such as “eliminating price controls,…

In the Room Where German Tycoons Agreed to Fund Hitler’s Rise To Power

David de Jong in Literary Hub: The invitations, sent by telegram four days earlier, left…

Now, Let Us Talk Peace

Jeremy Corbyn writes in Counterpunch: With Russian shells raining down on Ukrainian cities, an uneasy ceasefire…

How Hypersonic Missiles Work and the Unique Threats They Pose

Hypersonic missiles threaten to upend the relative stability of the current era of nuclear weapons….

Women Politicians: Gender Parity Will Not Be Achieved Before 2063

By Mariela Jara in IPS: Women entering the political arena in Peru face multiple obstacles…

A Move to Undermine the Anachronistic Veto Powers in the Security Council Gains Traction

The five permanent members (P5) of the UN Security Council (UNSC) – UK, US, France,…