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Nature-Based Solutions in Brazil Key to Global Climate Targets

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Thompson Reuters Foundation News
Robert Muggah

Robert Muggah examines why "nature-based solutions that revalue and protect forests" are among the best strategies for combatting climate warming.

An aerial view of the Amazon rainforest at the Bom Futuro National Forest near Rio Pardo in Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil.
Reuters
Climate and the Environment

What NATO Needs to Do before Finland and Sweden Join

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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Paul Poast

Paul Poast argues that NATO should "agree on a military plan for defending [Finland and Sweden] as soon as possible" - even before they join.

The flags of Finland, NATO and Sweden stand on display during a ceremony to mark Sweden's and Finland's application for membership in Brussels, Belgium, May 18, 2022
Reuters
Defense and Security

Americans Recognize Cyber Threats, but Are Divided on Best Response

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Running Numbers by Zachary Leffel

Public opinion polling shows a lack of consensus about where cyberattacks fall within the escalatory ladder of conventional warfare.

Broken Ethernet cable in front of green binary code and words "cyber security"
Reuters
Tech and Science

Food Prices, Hunger on the Rise around the World Amid War in Ukraine

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Newsy
Ertharin Cousin

Ertharin Cousin calls food insecurity being caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine "a tipping point into what could potentially become a perfect storm."

Ertharin Cousin speaks with Newsy on the rising food prices seen across the world. Food and Agriculture

Americans Widely Support Combatting Global Hunger

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Agri-Pulse
Coauthors

"More people around the world [are] facing hunger than ever before, leading many Americans to wonder: what can and should the United States do about it?"

A woman holds a sign saying "Hunger is a political choice" at a World Hunger Day protest in London on May 28, 2022.
Reuters
Food and Agriculture

NATO's Past, Present, and Future

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World Affairs with Ray Suarez
Ivo H. Daalder

Ivo Daalder discusses NATO's evolution, the Russian "wake-up call" that placed it back in the news, and the future–and feasibility–of trans-atlantic defense.

Protesters at the 'NATO Close The Sky' Protest In Krakow, Poland on May 29, 2022.
Reuters
Global Politics

Unregulated US Firearms Are a Global Problem

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World Politics Review
Robert Muggah

Robert Muggah studies the global problem of unregulated US firearms, which are over 40 percent of all reported arms exports globally over the past five years.

An AR-15 rifles display at Firearms Unknown, a gun store in Oceanside, California.
Reuters
Global Cities

World Review: Biden's Iran Deal, Fissures over Ukraine, Trouble Brews for Boris Johnson

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Bobby Ghosh and Philip Stephens join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

People hold flags during the gathering of one hundred thousand supporters of Iran's Supreme Leader
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US Foreign Policy

What Biden and Blinken Got Right on China

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The National Interest
Paul Heer

“If Washington is prepared to acknowledge that it can coexist with China, the strategic rivalry could be managed peacefully,” writes Paul Heer in the National Interest.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Rome
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Defense and Security

How China is Contesting US Influence in the Pacific

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Why is China so eager to make deals with Pacific nations? China experts Patrick Cronin and Bonnie Glaser join Deep Dish to discuss.

Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Solomon Islands Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele
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Global Politics