2022 saw Pakistan’s monsoon season turn devastating. Sea-like floods and landslides, as well as significant rainfalls touched all four provinces and affected 15% of the country’s population, with 20.6 million people requiring urgent humanitarian aid. Even today, over … Continue reading
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One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Takeaways from the UNGA’s Climate Ambition Summit
From September 18th to September 26th, 2023, world leaders gathered in New York for the 78th edition of the United Nations General Assembly’s High-Level Week (UNGA), an annual event to discuss and resolve global issues. One particular day … Continue reading
Somalia: A Failed State?
The civil war in Somalia is a conflict that continues to cause millions of deaths and represents trivialized violence rooted in Somali communities.
Somalia is one of the most ethnically homogenous African countries, with 85% of the population belonging to … Continue reading
The Overlooked Refugee Crisis – The Rohingya
U.S. Intervention and Taliban Influence on Food Insecurity in Afghanistan
Taiwan: Is “Meaningful Representation” Possible?
Ecosystem Accounting: A Novel Approach for Measuring Growth
On March 10 2021, the UN Statistical Commission adopted a new framework for measuring economic prosperity. Formally known as the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting — Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA EA, or ecosystem accounting), this new framework recognizes natural capital as an … Continue reading