The global economy needs strong institutions and coordinated international action. Concerted international efforts, with adequate representation from developing countries, are required to accelerate ...

The challenges associated with preventing, managing, and resolving natural resource-induced conflicts may well come to define global peace and security in the 21st century. Most violent conflicts that ...

National governments and multilateral institutions face the difficult challenge of reconciling economic development and environmental goals. Often one appears to come at the expense of the other.

Twenty years ago, the catastrophic loss of life in the Sept. 11 attacks quickly gave way to twin existential and economic crises in New York City. The metropolis mourned, the local economy bled ...

As we emerge from the pandemic, economic recovery is on everyone’s minds. Cities around the world are grappling with the intersecting challenges of inflation, climate change and deep systemic ...

The most recent country to feel the heavy hand of Beijing’s economic coercion is Lithuania, which in November 2021 opened a “Taiwan Representative Office” (駐立陶宛台灣代表處) in Vilnius. The name ...

In an era of “global boiling” the Canadian government has set ambitious targets to transition towards a net-zero future with important caveats that this transition must be fair and inclusive. However, ...