Tag: Global Perspectives
The world needs to build more than two billion new homes...
Sean Smith, Edinburgh Napier University
By the end of this century, the world’s population will have increased by half – that’s another 3.6 billion people....
What activists today can learn from MLK, the ‘conservative militant’
Christopher Beem, Pennsylvania State University
In the turbulent days following President Donald Trump’s inauguration, activists launched resistance movements: Greenpeace activists climbed a large construction crane...
Driverless cars might follow the rules of the road, but what...
Abdesalam Soudi, University of Pittsburgh
Recently, while on my way to the University of Pittsburgh’s campus, I made a quick “Pittsburgh left” – taking a...
From bad to worse? 5 things 2018 will bring to the...
James L. Gelvin, University of California, Los Angeles
It’s always dangerous to make predictions about the Middle East.
After all, few experts foresaw Anwar al-Sadat’s...
Germany enters political no-man’s land as Angela Merkel wrestles with election...
Daniel Hough, University of Sussex
Angela Merkel is in trouble. Serious trouble. Negotiations to form the next German government have collapsed dramatically. Quite where the...
Latin American history suggests Zimbabwe’s military coup will turn violent
Rut Diamint, Torcuato di Tella University
On Nov. 14, a group of soldiers from the Zimbabwe Defense Forces arrested and detained Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe....
Many small island nations can adapt to climate change with global...
Martina Grecequet, University of Minnesota; Ian Noble, University of Notre Dame, and Jessica Hellmann, University of Minnesota
Island nations are on the front lines of...
The strange story of turkey tails speaks volumes about our globalized...
Michael Carolan, Colorado State University
Intensive livestock farming is a huge global industry that serves up millions of tons of beef, pork and poultry every...
EXPLORING NATURE
The battle over a global energy transition is on between petro-states...
Jennifer Morgan, Tufts University
Two years ago, countries around the world set a goal of “transitioning away from fossil...
