Unless every nation ramps down military spending and invests in clean energy, we’ll all lose the next big war over the fate of the Earth without even firing a shot.
Paying for the Climate Change Pivot
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Environment
Earth: Game Over?
We’re in the middle of a sixth mass extinction, and this will be the first one—and possibly the last—we will witness as human beings.
Climate Change Comes to the Caribbean
Climate change is already wreaking havoc on the Caribbean’s vital fishing, tourism, and agriculture industries.
Goodbye, Carl Bloice
Conn Hallinan remembers Carl Bloice—an FPIF columnist, longtime journalist, and lifetime advocate for the dispossessed.
A Roadmap for Survival
The latest UN report on addressing climate change reflects a strong Western bias, but it’s the most comprehensive tool we’ve got.
The World Bank’s Waste of Energy
Expanding energy access makes sense. What doesn’t make sense is using a failed scheme — like carbon trading — to pay for it.
America’s Homegrown Terror
Plagued by poor infrastructure, climate denialism, and a patchwork of unregulated fracking wells and nuclear waste sites, the U.S. is poised to topple itself with self-inflicted wounds.
Breathless in North Korea
For 60 years, Koreans on both sides of the DMZ have awaited a peace treaty. Instead they’ve gotten an arms race and political repression.
Climate Change and the Asia Pivot
The real “pivot to Asia” should be towards decarbonization, a more equitable distribution of wealth, and a commitment to fight climate change.
Disaster Militarism: Rethinking U.S. Relief in the Asia-Pacific
Disaster relief has increasingly become part of the justification for increased U.S. troop deployments in the Asia-Pacific region.