The past few years have seen a heated debate amongU.S.politicians and analysts about whetherthe United Statesshould "decouple" fromChinaby severing the supply chains, trade relationships, and…

Among the many sobering projections of harm to be caused by climate change is this eye-popping statistic: on average, according to economists, a rise in local temperature of half a degree Celsius is…

Extreme wildfires savagedNorthern Californiain 2018, leaving the homeless to camp out in a Home Depot parking lot inOakland, not far from the billionaire hub ofSilicon Valley. Hurricane Irma…

The Arcticis so remote, so cut off from the rest of the world, that at times it appears to defy the normal rules of politics. Relations betweenthe United StatesandRussia, for example, have been…

The economic free fall accompanying the coronavirus pandemic has, by some measures, made the world a cleaner place. Air pollution in Chinese, Indian, andU.S.cities is way down. InChinaalone, lower…

Understandably, most news stories and articles covering the coronavirus have been tragic ones involving deaths, cases and job losses. While the virus has made a grim impact on health sectors and job…

Amid travel bans, self-isolation, movement restrictions and the shut down of industrial activity taking place all over the world as thecoronaviruspandemic continues to spread, researchers are…

Companies today face an existential choice. Either they wholeheartedly embrace “stakeholder capitalism” and subscribe to the responsibilities that come with it, by actively taking steps to meet…

Natural resources are a funny thing in the Middle East; some states in the region suffer from a general scarcity of water while others have abundant sources of water. The presence of oil has brought…

In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), climate change is an especially urgent issue, particularly as it has already triggered devastating weather events, including prolonged droughts, flash…