A version of this blog appeared on Carnegie Endowment
On May 9, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow to discuss energy cooperation and the war in Ukraine. The meeting highlights a broader trend in Central and Eastern Europe: Even after Viktor Orban’s fall from power in Hungary, several regional leaders continue to engage with Russia in search of economic...
Turkey’s path to the dictatorship
The first phase of Erdoğan’s plan to neutralize the main opposition party — carried out in cooperation with former CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu — has been completed. The crisis escalated when figures close to Kılıçdaroğlu, along with individuals linked to organized crime, made their way to CHP headquarters. It intensified further after Kılıçdaroğlu submitted a petition to the Ankara Police...
To date, climate change has been variously framed as an environmental, scientific, economic, or political issue. These framings are valid and important, but one...
Extinction refers to the irreversible loss of a species – when the last individual dies and no living members remain anywhere on Earth. Biologically,...
Can we celebrate sustainably? Rethinking seasonal traditions in a warming world
Celebration is a universal human instinct. Across societies, people mark transitions such as the...
Overview of COP30
The 30th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is being...
Coffee, one of the world’s most traded commodities and a daily ritual for billions, faces an existential threat from climate change. Rising temperatures, erratic...
Pharmaceuticals in the environment: The global challenge of pharmaceutical pollution and how governments, industry, prescribers, and patients can respond
Ever wonder where all our medicine...
What comes after growth? Reimagining our economies for people and planet
Self-proclaimed radical economist, Kate Raworth, has remarked that the only thing in nature that...
Will planting a tree save the planet? The role of nature-based carbon offsetting in net zero transitions
Addressing anthropogenic climate change demands urgent, multifaceted interventions...
The global plastic waste crisis is one of the most dangerous anthropogenic environmental issues of our era. Plastic pollution has been found everywhere, from...
