Tag: Asia
Is the United States overestimating China’s power?
Dan Murphy, Harvard Kennedy School
Which country is the greatest threat to the United States? The answer, according to...
Human activities in Asia have reduced elephant habitat by nearly two-thirds...
Shermin de Silva, University of California, San Diego
Despite their iconic status and long association with humans, Asian elephants...
Why Britain’s new CPTPP trade deal will not make up for Brexit
Terence Huw Edwards, Loughborough University and Mustapha Douch, The University of Edinburgh
The UK recently announced that it will...
Why China’s shrinking population is a big deal – counting the...
Feng Wang, University of California, Irvine
Throughout much of recorded human history, China has boasted the largest population in...
Giving people money with no strings attached is good for their...
Sze Yan Liu, Montclair State University
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
What is going on in Pakistan? And why has the US...
Ayesha Jalal, Tufts University
Pakistan, a nuclear nation that is home to some 220 million people, is in a...
What’s the point of holiday gifts?
Dimitris Xygalatas, University of Connecticut
Whether it’s the dread of a trip to an overcrowded shopping mall, the challenge...
The invasive spotted lanternfly is spreading across the eastern US –...
Frank A. Hale, University of Tennessee
The spotted lanternfly was first detected in Pennsylvania in 2014 and has since...
EXPLORING NATURE
Climate change is making plants less nutritious − that could already...
Ellen Welti, Smithsonian Institution
More than one-third of all animals on Earth, from beetles to cows to elephants, depend...
