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Why Is the US Presidential Race Even Close?

CHICAGO – I teach a course at the University of Chicago on presidential elections, and I hear the same kind of question from friends on both the right and the left. The Republicans I grew up with in western Kansas cannot understand why Donald Trump is not far ahead in

Charting a Course for Coastal Resilience

WASHINGTON, DC – Roughly 40% of the world’s population inhabit coastal areas. In addition to being home to 12 of the world’s

Israel launches strikes on Iran, risking escalation in Mideast wars

Israel pounded Iran with a series of airstrikes early Saturday, saying it was targeting military targets in retaliation for the

The Biodiversity Crisis Is a Security Crisis

Financing from developed economies to their developing counterparts is supposed to reach at least $20 billion per year by 2025

Financing Food Security Will Yield High Returns

In 2023 alone, the FAO Investment Centre helped mobilize $6.6 billion in new investment by designing 38 public investment projects

European Security Cannot Be Found in the Past

France and Great Britain are already supplying cruise missiles with the range needed to hit the Russian army’s supply lines

More than a million Indians flee as cyclone approaches

At least 1.1 million people on India's eastern coast are fleeing to storm shelters inland, hours before a powerful cyclone

Bangladesh protesters seige presidential palace

Protesters in Bangladesh have seiged Banga Bhaban, the presidential palace, demanding the resignation of President Mohammed Shahabuddin.

China’s Overcapacity Can Help the World

Chinese overcapacity looked like the result of state subsidies, and that it had reached a scale that was disrupting international

India-Canada ties hit new low after expulsion of diplomats

India and Canada have been dealing with an unprecedented diplomatic crisis after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau alleged that Indian