International

Plastic recycling is often depicted as a catch‑all solution to plastic pollution, but the reality is considerably more complex. Although recycling provides significant benefits, it cannot by itself eradicate plastic…

When a nation limits the export of essential foods or critical agricultural inputs, the impact spreads through markets, households, governments, and international relations. Export restrictions can take the form of…

Biodiversity — the variety of life across genes, species and ecosystems — is not an environmental abstract reserved for scientists and conservationists. It underpins the goods, services and resilience that…

Strong harvests are a natural expectation for lower food prices, but the relationship between production volumes and retail prices is far from direct. Prices reflect the interaction of physical supply,…

Social media platforms shape the circulation of information, influence political dynamics, drive commercial activity, and affect private life across borders. Regulating them extends far beyond drafting rules; it requires balancing…

Food security is the condition in which all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food. Despite progress in agricultural productivity and declining…

For the first time in decades, Iranians awoke to a nation no longer led by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, after coordinated US-Israeli strikes claimed his life, leaving the country facing a…

The phrase "chip race" captures a global scramble for leadership in semiconductor design, fabrication, equipment and supply-chain control. Semiconductors are the foundational technology behind smartphones, data centers, electric vehicles, telecom…

Modern nuclear power relies on a multilayered framework of technical, organizational, regulatory, and institutional protections built to avert accidents, curb their impact when they happen, guard against hostile interference, and…