Natural Resources

With supplies running out, water security could be the issue that finally makes the region’s countries work together.

They’re not actually that rare, but their importance to almost all modern technologies cannot be overstated.

Washington and Beijing are watching a snap election on the huge island closely.

They have created a strikingly successful scheme that prevents overfishing and raises local incomes at once.

It could build entire industries, create new jobs, green the economy—and unite the country behind a common purpose.

And how Washington could get it back.

Despite deteriorating relations in recent years, Israel and Jordan should return to a history of cooperation on water resources.

Geopolitics, water security, and health will keep the dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam alive.

Despite new legislation, Washington won’t be delivering critical minerals needed for defense, high tech, and energy.

Southeast Asia is turning a blind eye to the Rohingya, Israel-Jordan relations are deteriorating, and Kataib Hezbollah is losing influence in Iraq.

Insufficient water for washing is likely to worsen the coronavirus in the poorest nations. There’s a better way forward.

New data demonstrates a devastating effect on downstream water supplies that feed millions of people.

Ethiopia and Egypt are at odds over a Nile dam. Washington should be helping them compromise, rather than doing Cairo’s bidding.

Chinese investment has led to a crush of infrastructure development in Ghana’s tropical forests—and not everyone is happy about it.

Here’s how the country can avoid the resource curse.

Ethiopia’s continued efforts to dam the Nile could end in war with Egypt. Here’s how to stop that from happening.

With oil prices low, the region’s major oil-exporting economies have a chance to unlink their economies from natural resources.

How China is set to dominate the next Industrial Revolution.