Yemen Crisis: Has a Turning Point Been Reached?
On the night of November 4, a loud explosion rocked the area outside of King Khalid International Airport in...
Courtland Matthews
Monster Viruses and Dangerous Diseases: How Climate Change Threatens to Upend Global Health
Since the release of Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth in 2006, the world has come a long way in...
Uncertain Trajectory: Kazakhstan’s Perilous Path on the World Stage
During the fading days of the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan gained its independence on December 16, 1991. Faced with political...
A Building Emergency: How Climate Change is threatening our Fragile Food System
Will the avocado be a sign of the past? This question is gaining increasing relevance as scientists begin debating...
Coal Ash: A Worrying Trend for the Future
Over the past century, coal has been critical to industrialization, supplying the energy needed to power factories and contribute...
Gathering Smoke: Palm Oil’s Worrying Rise
For some in the West, climate change is still a topic to be hotly debated. However, in many areas...
A Tale of Two Nations: Bridging America’s Urban and Rural Divide
The deepening political paralysis within the United States over the last 15 years is neither an isolated nor random...
Bracing for the Storm: Can China’s urban areas adapt to climate change?
Over the past 30 years, China has undergone an immense economic and social transformation. For centuries, China was predominately...
Failed Opportunity: How America’s flawed Russian policy aided the rise of Vladimir Putin
After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russian citizens found themselves in a completely transformed and alien...
Coming Full Circle: How far has Obama turned in his Pivot to Asia?
At the outset of President Obama’s first term, a range of new diplomatic initiatives were unveiled, ones meant to...