Lewis Perkins has specialized in product design and manufacturing in the fashion industry for the last 15 years. He first realized the world has a design thinking problem when he met the authors of Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things Michael Braungart and William McDonough, whose work integrates science and design to
On her first trip to Los Angeles in 1969, while a student at Yale Law School, Mary Nichols remembers being astounded by the peculiar color of the air – “a flaming, chemical kind of orange.” At this time, air pollution in Los Angeles was famous for being the worst in the country, with stage one
The Salton Sea has been described as one of the worst environmental disasters in California history. The sea has been shrinking since the 1990s, and the increasingly exposed playa has led to pesticide-laced dust storms in nearby Imperial Valley. But amid this devastation there’s opportunity; today, thanks to new geothermal plants, lithium that was beneath
Longstanding tensions in the multi-ethnic city of Kirkuk in Iraq may once again spark confrontations between Turkey and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), the latest in a series of disagreements over the city. The most recent round of controversy centers around the reopening of the Kurdistan Democratic Party’s (KDP) former headquarters in Kirkuk. The
Contents: Wrapping up UNGA week: How did MENA issues and leaders fare? Israel’s UNGA week: Pro-democracy protests, Saudi normalization, and incentives for peace with the Palestinians Flurry of lost opportunities: Iran’s Raisi leads disjointed diplomatic mission to UNGA Developing nations need help, and a voice Will Qatar replace France as the main mediator on Lebanon?
In discussing a potential deal with Israel, Riyadh is pressing Washington for expedited access to more advanced U.S. weaponry. The contours of an emerging U.S.-brokered normalization agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia are already in public view. Riyadh mainly seeks U.S. support for its civilian nuclear program, broader trade access (possibly including a free trade
September 25, 2023 2023-09-25T11:27:16-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvZTk1XC8wMDFcLzE2OTU2NTU5MDZfMDAxLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJmaXQiOiJjb3ZlciIsImhlaWdodCI6NTA2fX19Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) said he would continue to work on Capitol Hill, ignoring calls from colleagues there to resign amid allegations of bribery. His announcement that he would stay in office came at a news conference in Union City, New Jersey, during which he outlined his work atop the Senate Foreign
AGSIW's publications are also available in Arabic. Help AGSIW expand its Arabic-language analysis. Donate Iranians have frequently demonstrated to voice their frustration with the economic and political conditions in their country. The “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests that broke out following the September 2022 death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of the morality police were
You are hereHome > debates > Economic Security and East Asia: De-risking in an Era of Strategic Competition Annual Conference of Ifri's Center for Asian and Indo-Pacific Studies As strategic competition becomes an increasingly dominant feature of the international system today, the “de-risking” of interdependent economic ties has emerged as a new mantra for managing
What’s new? The Somali federal member state of Galmudug has experienced recurrent strife during its eight-year existence. The causes are elite infighting, clan rivalries and battles with non-state armed groups. Interference from Mogadishu often worsens matters. Though Galmudug is quiet at present, elections likely coming in 2024 could increase tensions. Why does it matter? The success of