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Ulrike Reinhard’s article compares democracies to authoritarian regimes and the ways these political models address environmental issues. But what about a country that is neither a democracy nor a 100% authoritarian state? Failed democracies like Russia have a high level of corruption that creates situations in which the authorities turn […]

Nothing is more frightening than witnessing the extremities of climate change & there is no starker example of this in recent history than the flooding of the desert areas in the Thar and Badin district of Pakistan. As part of a community-based relief organization I had the misfortune to experience this […]

(All links in Spanish unless stated otherwise.) Central America is not a region where politics can be discussed in a casual manner. Granted, nowhere in the world really is.  However, our polarized societies don’t make it any easier either to openly discuss politics or find reliable sources of information on […]