What Will Drive the Agenda at COP27, The Big UN Climate Summit?
Delegates from around the world are en route to Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt for the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Better known as COP27. The c...
7 Nov 202233min
Cholera is Surging Around the World and Vaccine Supplies Are Running Low
There are a record number of cholera outbreaks around the world today. Consider this data point. In 2022 alone, 29 countries have reported a cholera outbreak. This compares to 20 countries over the ...
3 Nov 202233min
The White House Makes Biosecurity a Pillar of National Security. Can Doing So Prevent the Next Disaster?
On October 18th, the White House released an expansive new strategy on Countering Biological Threats, Enhancing Pandemic Preparedness, and Achieving Global Health Security. The strategy sets out a wh...
31 Okt 202226min
Who is Jimmy "Barbecue" Cherizier, The Haitian Gang Leader at the Center of Haiti's New Crisis?
On October 21st, the United Nations Security Council imposed individual sanctions on Jimmy Cherizier, a former police officer turned gang leader in Haiti. For weeks, the coalition of gangs headed by C...
27 Okt 202230min
Why an Ebola Outbreak in Uganda is Not Yet Under Control
At time of recording an ongoing Ebola outbreak in Uganda has sickened 64 people. 24 people have died. The outbreak was declared on September 20th in a rural community but has since spread to Kampala, ...
24 Okt 202221min
What A More Powerful Xi Jinping Means for Chinese Foreign Policy
The Chinese Communist Party Congress is always a key moment on the Chinese political calendar. Every five years, party delegates select party leadership. This includes the selection of the top most ra...
20 Okt 202224min
A Feminist Uprising in Iran
Iran is in the midst of the most significant protest movement in years -- and it is being lead by women and girls. The spark that ignited this movement was the murder of 22 year old Mahsa Amini, who ...
16 Okt 202229min
The Ethiopia-Tigray War is About to Get Even Worse
Last March, there seemed to be a glimmer of hope that the brutal civil war between the Ethiopian federal government and the breakaway Tigray People's Liberation Front would come to an end. The governm...
13 Okt 202228min
