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How Off-Grid Solar Can Transform an Economy

LILONGWE – Like many African countries, Malawi faces significant energy-access challenges. In 2024, just 26% of the population had regular access to electricity – 11.3% via the grid and 14.6% through off-grid systems. With a population that is predominantly rural and widely dispersed, grid extension is costly, slow, and often unfeasible. Making

How Should Africa Respond to Trump’s Tariffs?

Although these tariffs were presented as being directly proportional to the barriers other countries allegedly impose on US goods, they

Trump’s Tariffs Will Widen the North-South Divide

In fact, Trump’s tariffs – which reflect the view that economic interconnectedness is a strategic weapon to wield, rather than

For Whom the Ukrainian Bell Tolls

Manpower is among Russia’s greatest advantages in its war against Ukraine. Though Ukraine’s daily casualties are lower, its population is

Bolsonaro and Trump Have Revealed the Biggest Threat to Democracy

Trump’s trajectory was different. He rose to prominence in the 1980s as a political bomb thrower, calling for the death

AI Must Not Ignore Human Rights

Many in Washington and Silicon Valley simply assume that American technology is inherently – almost by definition – aligned with

A Global South Approach to the Climate-Development Nexus

Multilateral institutions – including the United Nations and the World Trade Organization – are struggling to respond effectively to an

Pushing Back Against Trump’s New World Order

With Trump seated behind the Resolute Desk and European leaders gathered around him “like schoolchildren,” it revealed more about his

What Will Remain After the AI and Crypto Bubbles?

The American innovation supply chain emerged during World War II and evolved over three generations. Cash flowed from federal institutions

Netanyahu’s Path Is Leading Israel to Ruin

US President Donald Trump’s administration, reluctant to bankroll foreign wars, has its own reasons to reconsider its support of Israel’s