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Trump’s Alaska Folly

TORONTO: In the ancient world, people spoke of “Ultima Thule,” a mythical land in the extreme north, at the end of the earth. By venturing north to Alaska to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, US President Donald Trump reached his own Ultima Thule, the arctic endpoint of a foreign-policy dreamworld.

Climate Security Is Energy Security

Climate technologies that are already commercially viable could help, of course. But taking full advantage of the lower prices of

The Age of AI Soft Power

AI leaders like OpenAI and DeepMind see themselves as being in a race to build artificial general intelligence (AGI): a

Climate Resilience Is a Strategic Investment

Perhaps more importantly, these shocks are exacerbating unsustainable debt burdens at a time when donor countries are slashing development aid,

Right-Wing Culture Warfare Comes to Germany

Worse, it was the SPD’s own coalition partner, the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), that suddenly shifted from supporting Frauke

The Duty to Protect the Climate

In a David-versus-Goliath moment, the tiny Pacific Island state of Vanuatu recently changed international law forever by bringing the world’s most

Can Democracy Survive AI?

That means the coming AI revolution may render closed political systems more stable than open ones. In an age of

Strengthening Judicial Support for Green Development through the Rule of…

Nepal has actively collaborated with international organizations to promote projects aimed at adapting to climate and natural changes, setting clear

A New Economic Logic for Sustainability

The problem runs deeper than many realize. In the absence of the narrative infrastructure needed to reshape economic logic, all the sophisticated

Rare Earths Are China’s Trump Card

These critical materials, especially the high-performance magnets they make possible, are vital components in electric vehicles (EVs), wind turbines, industrial