Men in UK and U.S. are growing less comfortable with women leaders
A new study shows that in both countries attitudes have changed in the last year.
Trump's withdrawal from the Paris climate deal is bad for US business. Here's why.
The US withdrawal from the Paris deal is bad news for the country's economy. Here's why - and how businesses are taking back the climate change initiative.
Thailand asks farmers not to grow off-season rice due to drought worries
Thailand entered a dry season on Nov. 1, which is expected to last through to April 30 next year - and could have a major impact on agriculture.
This is how the internet influences government policy
Mobile technology has allowed for cheaper and quicker political outreach to the masses. But new research finds approval of governments declines as data coverage increases.
These are the countries that have made their climate commitments law
New Zealand is the fifth country to pass a law to curtail carbon emissions.
Illegal fishing plagues the Pacific Ocean. Here's how to end it
Illegal fishing undermines economic development, national security, food security and human rights – and nowhere is this more starkly evident than in the Pacific.
Breathing new life into a rules-based system – a global strategy
We need a new vision geared towards meeting the challenges and opportunities in a changing world, argue Ash Jain and Matthew Kroenig in an Atlantic Council strategy paper
The World Economic Forum's #GFC19 meeting explained in 5 questions
From what is a GFC to what they'll be talking about, here's everything you need to know about our meeting in the Middle East.
Exploring the anti-globalization bias and the public policy it creates
The globalization debate is often tinged with nationalism, self-interest, and lack of economic understanding, resulting in misguided public policies. Redressing the negative bias in the d...
What if we get things right? Visions for 2030
Optimistic predictions for the future drawn from experts around the world.
We can halve most forms of violence by 2030. Here's how
Violence and conflict affect millions of people around the world. Here's how we can cut it by 50% in the next decade - saving hundreds of thousands of lives and trillions of dollars in th...
Why we need new laws to govern digital democracy
Democracy as we understand it does not apply in the digital world, writes Lydia Kostopoulos, of the Observer Research Foundation