The United Nations turned 75 this year—but the pandemic overwhelmed its birthday party. The UN, built in a different world, has succeeded in...
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Stories
Our Wildlife, Our Selves
More than two decades ago, in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka made a connection that most of the world is only...
Cooperation, Competition, or Confrontation
Coping with a Dangerous World “I think that this is a period of increasing danger.” “You can draw a direct line from the unenforced red line...
Battlegrounds
General H.R. McMaster, a highly decorated U.S. military officer, discusses how he believes the U. S. and like-minded countries can maneuver through...
Writing on the Wall: Bahia Shehab
Historian. Street artist. Professor of graphic design. Bahia Shehab lives the future she believes in for her students: multi-disciplinarity. “I...
Ugly, Uglier, Ugliest: Migration at a Time of Covid
“When I was in Lesbos, there were over 9,000, 10,000 people in the streets with little food, little water, and nothing else… literally lines of...
Online Conversation: Triple shock
The triple shock of pandemic, lockdown and economic collapse has rocked countries, communities and citizens around the world. Imagine the impact on...
Migrants (barely) Surviving
Like a great magician, the pandemic has drawn our attention away from things that are hiding in plain sight. One of those has been the plight of...
Announcing the 2020 Tällberg Eliasson Global Leadership Prize Finalists
Seven Global Leaders Selected From 2,165 Nominations Winners to be Announced in November Stockholm and New York, September 30, 2020 -- Today the...