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Otto John: new light shed on legendary Cold War double defector
Imagine if the director of the American FBI or Britain’s MI5 were to defect to a hostile state. Thin...
Europe is going grey: can EU countries work together to care for their elderly?
European societies are ageing. In 1950, only 12% of the European population was over age 65. Today t...
Abiy Ahmed’s Counterrevolution
Alex de Waal ,April 26, 2021 Abiy Ahmed’s...
What can Europe expect from a Macron government?
French President Emmanuel Macron’s party, La République en Marche (Republic on the Move), captured a...
Ecuador’s school food is bad for kids — and the environment
Each year, malnutrition costs Ecuador the equivalent of 4.3% of its gross domestic product, as the r...
Facing disasters: lessons from a Bangladeshi island
The death toll of Bangladesh’s brutal monsoon season keeps growing. Authorities estimate that floodi...
In India, a legislative reform is needed to push corporate social responsibility
The corporate social responsibility (CSR) movement began as a response to advocacy for corporations...
From New York to Romania, restoration ecology is helping nature heal (and maybe humanity, too)
New York City’s Bronx River used to be an open sewer, more useful for carrying industrial waste than...