Politics & Foreign Affairs

Although there have always been legitimate grounds for some questioning of science in the United States, the accepted notion has...

A look at the far-reaching, global impact of the Trump administration considering global leadership, alliances, the rise of autocracy, technocratic...

The year 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the Trinity nuclear tests that ushered in the age of atomic weapons and their first use on...

From launching a trade war and engaging in mass deportation of migrants to withdrawing support from the United Nations, Trump...

Kholofelo Kugler and Tani Washington examine how African countries are responding to the Trump administration’s sweeping new tariff regime. While...

In every country of the world, coordinating the response of public health authorities in a pandemic, ensuring that all the...

The United States has huge foreign-born and first-generation citizens and immigrant populations, legal and otherwise, who face immense challenges in...

In April 2025, Spain experienced one of the most severe blackouts in recent memory. Triggered by a technical fault on...

The United Nations (UN) came into existence in 1945 after 29 countries ratified the Charter. Only about 1% of those...

The climate attitudes of populist radical right (PRR) parties have drawn increasing attention in recent years, but less is known...

Not much is publicly available about Iran's biological capabilities, but it has the biotechnology and missile wherewithal At least for...

Many low-income countries are diverting scarce resources from development to service costly debt. But what’s driving current debt vulnerabilities—and what...