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Fossil Fueled Foreign Policy: Why COP26 Flopped

Western observers want to blame India for the failure of the UN climate talks. Not so fast.

After finally destroying the last vestiges of Pinochet, is Chile about to elect a right-wing populist to its highest office?

Economic sanctions have demonstrably failed to change North Korean behavior. So, when is the world going to try something new?

A personal reflection on the ‘Big Men’ who’ve meddled in Afghanistan — and the women navigating the aftermath.

Since the October 25 military takeover, violent repression has returned in full force. Can the international community support the rule of law?

At some point, governments will start using more sticks than carrots to break our deadly dependence on fossil fuels. How will humanity respond?

A planned, U.S.-backed mass protest in Cuba flopped. Ordinary Cubans explain why.

We all think that climate change is somebody else’s problem. We have to be persuaded otherwise.

A CBO report requested by Bernie Sanders lays out three options for a modest Pentagon trim over the next decade. Can we pull it off?

Europe is ahead of much of the world in combining decarbonization with an equitable shift to clean energy. And it’s still not enough.