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The Tigray War that consumed northern Ethiopia between 2020 and 2022 was, by the measures that humanitarian organizations use to assess catastrophe, one of the worst conflicts of t…
For most of the post-war period, Germany's economic model was almost perfectly calibrated for the conditions it faced. A highly skilled industrial workforce. Deep expertise in mech…
The argument for building more housing is simple enough that it can be stated in a single sentence: there are more households who want homes than there are homes available, and the…
The 2016 peace agreement between the Colombian government and the FARC was received, when it was signed, as the end of the longest-running armed conflict in the Western Hemisphere.…
Load shedding. The South African term for scheduled power cuts entered common usage sometime around 2008 and has not left since. At its worst, it has meant twelve hours a day witho…
The Americas are experiencing a rapid transformation in transportation as electric vehicles (EVs) gain traction across the region. Governments, businesses, and consumers are embrac…
The Colorado River does not reach the sea anymore. For most of the year, it runs dry somewhere in the Mexican desert well before it reaches the Gulf of California, absorbed entirel…
Introduction Across the Western Hemisphere, a quiet transformation is underway. From North America’s economic recalibration to South America’s political evolution, the nations…
A fresh surge in unauthorized border crossings has reignited the perennial and politically explosive debate over American immigration policy, exposing once again the deep divisions…
America's housing affordability crisis shows no signs of abating as mortgage rates remain stubbornly elevated, pricing millions of would-be buyers out of the market and trapping ex…
From the northern reaches of Canada to the southern tip of Patagonia, democratic institutions across the Western Hemisphere face a moment of profound stress. A wave of authoritaria…
