This year, David Miliband wrote that World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) summits “have little of the drama of peace negotiations” but that “for the poorest people in the ...
Africa, whose carbon emissions are negligible, is a victim of climate change but cannot stop it. Indeed, to get the continent’s citizens out of poverty, African economies will have to ...
Last month, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a historic advisory opinion declaring Israel’s ongoing occupation of Palestinian territory—comprising the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip (together ...
A vital region in the Global South—Southeast Asia—has long been missing from BRICS, a grouping whose acronym stands for founding members Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. As BRICS ...
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at G-7 and NATO security commitments for Ukraine, new U.S. sanctions on Russia, and controversial reform bills in Argentina. Welcome back to ...
The International Criminal Court is seeking arrest warrants against top Israeli leaders and senior Hamas officials for alleged “war crimes and crimes against humanity” committed during the ongoing war in ...
In Liu Cixin’s science fiction novel The Dark Forest—part of the popular Three-Body Problem series recently serialized by Netflix—humanity is faced with the prospect of an alien invasion. The extraterrestrials ...
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at future Palestinian membership to the United Nations, political appointments in Russia and Poland, and an Indian opposition leader temporarily freed to ...