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Can Humanity Fix What It Has Broken?

BOGOTÁ – On my first day in office as Colombia’s president just over 15 years ago, I met with the leaders of four indigenous peoples in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta – the Kogui, Arhuaco, Wiwa, and Kankuamo. As we stood together in the shadow of a magnificent mountain

Democracy and the Case for Protecting Livelihoods

To provide an antidote to Trump’s brand of politics, we must understand where his MAGA (Make America Great Again) movement

Harnessing AI Without Undermining Democracy

Start with elections. Especially in the United States, election administrators are severely understaffed and underfunded. Many argue that AI could help by

Rare Earths Are China’s Trump Card

Since the first Trump administration, the US playbook has been to blacklist leading Chinese tech firms and tighten export controls

How the G20 Could Help Eliminate Global Hunger

The G20 must tackle the hunger crisis head-on or risk forfeiting what remains of its credibility. South Africa can lead

Green Shipping Could Mean a Green Africa

If distributed equitably, these funds could help Africa close its huge energy gap, upgrade its port infrastructure and fleets, and invest in

Trump’s Beggar-the-Poor Remittance Tax

The Trump administration’s remittance tax is only the latest in a series of punitive US measures aimed at the developing

On Climate Change, Capital Must Follow Africa’s Lead

The resource shortfalls are particularly pronounced when it comes to support for sustainable development and the green transition in emerging

Getting to Greener Steel

This matters, because iron and steel production account for over 10% of annual global greenhouse-gas emissions. Most of these emissions come from

Are US Democrats Really Soft on Crime?

The narrative that Democratic mayors are “soft on crime” crumbles under scrutiny. While 43 of the 50 largest US cities