Putin’s Undeclared Red Lines—For Now
By: EBR | Monday, April 26, 2021
Russia is bound to have prepared for different military scenarios in Ukraine. Spreading uncertainty is an essential part of Putin’s policy
Biden doubles US emissions cut target as summit lifts climate hopes
By: EBR | Friday, April 23, 2021
President Joe Biden on Thursday (22 April) doubled US ambitions on slashing greenhouse gas emissions, leading Japan and Canada at a summit in making new commitments that bring the world closer to limiting the worst climate change
Why a green economy is needed to stop Amazon deforestation
By: EBR | Friday, April 23, 2021
The Amazon Basin is on the brink of an irreversible tipping point with planetary implications
We need to replace the world’s most potent greenhouse gas
By: EBR | Thursday, April 22, 2021
On World Earth Day, as our fellow citizens of the world pledge to undertake a brilliant array of earth-restoring actions, from trash hacking to “plogging” (picking up litter while jogging), it’s time to fix our sights once more on a hidden climate threat
The case for an ’economic NATO’ to clip provocative China’s wings
By: EBR | Tuesday, April 20, 2021
What’s to be done about China now that it is becoming a geo-political problem? Its goal of global primacy not only poses a threat to others but eventually to itself
Beijing huddles with autocratic friends, seeks to fracture US-led ‘clique’
By: EBR | Monday, April 19, 2021
China is shoring up ties with autocratic partners like Russia and Iran, as well as economically dependent regional countries, while using sanctions and threats to try to fracture the alliances the United States is building against it
Floating solar farms could cool down lakes threatened by climate change
By: EBR | Monday, April 19, 2021
Solar power is now the cheapest source of electricity in history, according to a 2020 report by the International Energy Agency
Of Borders and Metaphors
By: EBR | Monday, April 19, 2021
How the U.S. handles the U.S.-Mexican border will say much about its character as a nation
Should NATO Admit Ukraine?
By: EBR | Friday, April 16, 2021
There is no consensus in NATO in favor of Ukraine’s membership. What the most determined Western countries can do is provide intelligence and military support to Ukraine, including weaponry and capability building
Sports and Human Rights: Athletes Speak Out
By: EBR | Friday, April 16, 2021
The idea long promoted by international sports federations that sports and politics are unrelated has always been an illusion
After Brexit: London is still Europe’s top financial centre
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, April 14, 2021
The end of last month the UK and EU agreed a new post-Brexit financial services pact that allow them to co-operate on regulation
Time for governments to take biodiversity loss as seriously as climate change
By: EBR | Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Together with climate change, the world is also facing a biodiversity crisis, which has failed to capture the same attention. But efforts made by governments to tackle the climate crisis show that action is possible when there is sufficient political will
Vaccinate the Billions or Lose the Battle for Democracy
By: EBR | Wednesday, April 14, 2021
The EU should back a coordinated global industrial strategy, including vaccine production facilities across the world, otherwise China will plug the gap. That means challenging private-sector patent monopolies
Mothers are the invisible army carrying us through the pandemic
By: EBR | Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Over the course of the past year, women have overwhelmingly taken the brunt of this pandemic
US Corporations: The US’s New Principled Liberals?
By: EBR | Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Republicans increasingly force U.S. corporations to act as a kind of extra-parliamentary opposition to protect their brands and consumer appeal
How COVID-19 and ‘work from anywhere’ can build the city of the future
By: EBR | Monday, April 12, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically and drastically changed the way we work. All around the world, government, education and healthcare industries have had to operate virtually, in many cases for the first time. Work from anywhere is becoming a more permanent fixture wherever jobs allow
How global tourism can become more sustainable, inclusive and resilient
By: EBR | Monday, April 12, 2021
Tourism was one of the sectors hit hardest by the global pandemic. 2020 was the worst year on record for international travel due to the global pandemic, with countries taking decisive action to protect their citizens, closing borders and halting international travel
Immigration: Biden’s Biggest Foreign Policy Test
By: EBR | Friday, April 9, 2021
Why only a Marshall Plan for Central America has a shot at dealing with the region — and why it makes political and economic sense
Protocol scandal symbolises the state of EU-Turkey relations, EU lawmaker says
By: EBR | Friday, April 9, 2021
We shouldn’t place ‘Sofa-gate’ into the epicentre of a plenary debate in the European Parliament, but rather discuss how to rebuild relations with Turkey under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who no longer has a commitment toward a European future
Xi urges Europe to ‘make positive efforts with China’ in Merkel call
By: EBR | Thursday, April 8, 2021
President Xi Jinping told German leader Angela Merkel during a phone call Wednesday (7 April) that he hoped Europe would “make positive efforts with China”, Chinese state media reported, following an international row over the treatment of Uyghurs and other minorities in Xinjiang
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