Analysis

A new report suggests that if one farmer in five transitions to more climate-smart practices, it will increase the European Union’s resiliency to food supply shocks and address the worst effects of climate change. Growth in the EU’s agricultural sector has come at the expense of environmental health, …

Over the past 40 years, the number of people in China with incomes below $1.90 per day – the International Poverty Line as defined by the World Bank to track global extreme poverty– has fallen by close to 800 million. With this, China has contributed close to three-quarters …

Giancarlo Elia Valori The US Army Ground Vehicle Systems Center, in collaboration with Texas-based Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), has developed a new Intrusion Detection System (IDS) to protect military ground vehicles from cyberattacks for more connected and automated self-propelled vehicle networks so as to achieve cyber resilience. The …

Gerald Hyman The United States and its NATO allies need to address the reality as it is and take several steps to help resolve the conflict. Early on Thursday, February 24, Russian armed forces began to bomb, invade, and attempt to crush Ukraine or at least replace its …

Misbah Abidin The major continents of the world are experiencing a paradigm change within and outside their borders. The change is horrible for some states as they are at risk of ever emerging nuclear threats. The nature and dimensions of war has moulded the defence mechanism and so …

Amid growing donor fatigue and a brutal war in Ukraine that has diverted the world’s attention, the world must not forget millions of people in need across the Middle East and North Africa, the UN chief told the Security Council on Wednesday. António Guterres issued the warning during a …

According to a new survey, there is strong global support – across all countries and demographic groups – for the energy transition to move away from fossil fuels. A majority of consumers worldwide expect their overall spending power to be significantly impacted by further energy price increases, yet …

Lantao Li After the latest monetary policy meeting, the Federal Reserve has decided to lift the benchmark federal funds rate by a quarter-percentage point from the current rate of close to zero to a range of 0.25% and 0.5%. Most officials expect that the interest rates would rise …

Michael Krepon, the co-founder of the Stimson Center, takes a look back at arms control efforts over his decades-long career in his new book, Winning and Losing the Nuclear Peace: The Rise, Demise, and Revival of Arms Control. He joins Ploughshares Fund’s Press the Button podcast to discuss …