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Global Perspectives
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What Each Of The G7 Countries Wants, And What They Need
With many of the Trump administration’s recent decisions running directly counter to the other members’ interests, the summit…
Is It Really 2018? The Evidence Suggests Otherwise
According to scholars throughout history, we actually aren’t living in the year that is printed on our calendars.…
What We Can Expect From China’s Economy In 2018
In 2017, we saw the consolidation of China’s power and influence globally, and of Communist Party leader Xi…
The World Needs To Build More Than Two Billion New Homes Over The Next 80 Years
By the end of this century, the world’s population will have increased by half – that’s another 3.6…
With All Eyes On China, Singapore Makes Its Own Arctic Moves
Asian states are becoming increasingly interested and involved in the Arctic region. This signal was sent in 2013…
How Winter Olympic Athletes Cope With The Cold
The canvas of white currently fascinating many viewers of the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang may seem totally foreign…
How To Use The Power Of Urban Planning To Tackle Inequality
Income inequality creates both spatial and social divides and shows itself within cities in many ways. Gated communities…
To Boldly Go Toward New Frontiers, We First Need To Learn From Our Colonial Past
How should we understand the idea of the frontier in the contemporary world, with spacecraft sailing beyond the solar…
Drones Are Taking To The Skies Above Africa To Map Land Ownership
Mapping land boundaries is an important way to boost a country’s economic growth and development. It contributes towards…
Can The World’s Megacities Survive The Digital Age?
Today, megacities have become synonymous with economic growth. In both developing and developed countries, cities with populations of 10 million or…