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Ranulph Fiennes is an English explorer, writer, and author. In August 1982, he and fellow explorer, Charles Burton, became the first people to complete a surface circumnavigation of the Earth’s poles.

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Ban Heavy Fuel Oil in the Arctic
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Ban Heavy Fuel Oil in the Arctic

Jul 3, 2017 Ranulph Fiennes highlights the link between maritime shipping and the disappearance of polar ice.

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Are Indian Democracy’s Weaknesses Inherent?
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Are Indian Democracy’s Weaknesses Inherent?

Pranab Bardhan argues that the Hindu nationalist BJP's landslide election victory occurred in a highly resilient system.

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How to Live Better and Stop Destroying the Planet
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How to Live Better and Stop Destroying the Planet

Ana Paula Aguiar, et al. emphasize four major changes humanity must make to reverse its devastation of the natural world.

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The Russians Are Coming
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The Russians Are Coming

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The Mueller report in America, along with reports of interference in this week’s European Parliament election, has laid bare the lengths to which Russia will go to undermine Western democracies. But whether Westerners have fully awoken to the threat is an open question.

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Germany’s Dangerously Flawed Energy Policies
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Germany’s Dangerously Flawed Energy Policies

Hans-Werner Sinn explains why the country's efforts to go green with wind and solar power have reached an impasse.

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Central America’s Besieged Women
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Central America’s Besieged Women

Lauren Hendricks laments that economic success often makes female small-business owners targets of husbands and gangs.

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Ukraine’s New President Joins the Resistance
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Ukraine’s New President Joins the Resistance

Nina L. Khrushcheva explains how a bit of international intrigue by Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump's personal lawyer, fell apart.

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The Myth of Climate Wars?
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The Myth of Climate Wars?

Alaa Murabit & Luca Bücken worry that framing global warming as a security threat reduces accountability for violent conflict.

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The Real Cost of Trump’s Tariffs
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The Real Cost of Trump’s Tariffs

Jeffrey Frankel says the US president's trade war with China has hurt almost every segment of the American economy.

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