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John Kennedy Talking with Adlai Stevenson How JFK Sacrificed Adlai Stevenson and the Lessons of the Cuban Missile Crisis
The standoff 60 years ago has newfound relevance as Russian President Vladimir Putin threatens to deploy nukes in Ukraine.
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To go with 'India-Food-Organic-Lifestyle' FEATURE by Etienne Fontaine In this photograph taken on November 6, 2015, Indian Khasi tribal villagers collect herbs in a field in the village of Nongtraw in the north-eastern state of Meghalaya. Nongtraw, a village in Meghalaya with stunning mountain views and only around 200 inhabitants, is on the front line of the battle to preserve regional food varieties.The campaign began five years ago when the villagers, who belong to the matrilineal Khasi tribe, became concerned that the cultivation of the nutritious local staple millet was dying out. AFP PHOTO/Biju BORO / AFP / BIJU BORO (Photo credit should read BIJU BORO/AFP via Getty Images) The Ancient Super Grain That Could Help Feed the World
Once headed for extinction, millet is now being recognized as a solution to global food problems.
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illustration of food and transportation The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Isn’t More Food
There’s plenty to go around, but it’s going to the wrong places.
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1970s-inflation-george-wylesol-illustration-site The 1970s Weren’t What You Think
Yes, fiscal and monetary policy seemed stuck for too long in expansionary mode. But the era also saw the rebalancing of the world economy.
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gandhi-salt-march-senor-salme-illustration-site The Indian Anti-Colonial Movement Never Ended
It’s where we actually are in history.
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back-to-the-future-history-senor-salme-illustration-site Does Putin’s War Mark a New Period in History?
It has been only two years since the start of another world crisis thought to mark a new era.
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how-beijing-sees-biden-nicolas-ortega-illustration-hp How Beijing Sees Biden
For decades, Chinese leaders thought they knew the man who would become America’s 46th president. But he was changing all along.
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china-decline-deena-so-oteh-illustration-hp The Dangers of China’s Decline
As China’s economic miracle fades, its leaders may become more inclined to take risks.
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china-us-foreign-policy-eleanor-shakespeare-illustration-hP What Exactly Is America’s China Policy?
The United States needs to right-size the China threat to know how to counter it.
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A destroyed building in Ukraine Ukraine’s War Has Already Changed the World’s Economy
Global economics will never be the same—but not in the ways you might think.
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Ukraine-Russia-Roundup The Intellectual Catastrophe of Vladimir Putin
The meaning of Russia’s war in Ukraine is its own national weakness.
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A climate change protester in New York The Way We Talk About Climate Change Is Wrong
The language of “sacrifice” reveals we’re stuck in a colonial mindset.
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Mario Mario Draghi speaks at a press conference in Frankfurt. Mario Draghi Doesn’t Have ‘Whatever It Takes’ Anymore
Whether as Italy’s prime minister or its president, he may not have the solution to Italy’s problems.
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Damage is seen in Turkey’s Mugla province. What if Democracy and Climate Mitigation Are Incompatible?
Elected officials work through compromise, but a warming planet waits for no one.
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French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech after a visit to a factory of manufacturer Valeo in Etaples, near Le Touquet, northern France on May 26, 2020 as part of the launch of a plan to rescue the French car industry. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by LUDOVIC MARIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) The Real Philosophy of Emmanuel Macron
The key to reconciling the French president’s many political contradictions is his widely misunderstood philosophical mentor.
