Russia’s war in Ukraine has deepened a global food crisis that has left hundreds of millions facing acute hunger. Beyond the humanitarian challenges this crisis presents, it could stoke violence and conflict in fragile regions. U.N. World Food Program Chief Economist Arif Husain discusses the state of global hunger, why it’s vital that we rethink our response to conflict and what can be done in the immediate to stave off the worst.
Illegal wildlife poaching and trafficking has destabilized local communities and devastated elephant, rhino, and endangered species populations across Africa. In the last decade, over...
The governments of the United States of America and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, in partnership with the United States Institute of Peace, hosted...
While the fall of the Berlin Wall is now celebrated as a symbol of the end of the Cold War, the immediate aftermath was...