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Seventy years ago, on Dec. 8, 1953, President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered the “Atoms for Peace” speech before the United Nations General Assembly. Part of a larger public relations campaign called Project Candor, the speech was crafted to garner public support for the government’s expansion of its nuclear arsenal in the arms race against the … Read more‘Atoms for Peace’ Was Never All That Peaceful—And the World Is Still Living With the Consequences

For 70 years, politicians in both parties have fought an unwinnable war on drugs. In the latest chapter, the Biden Administration has labeled Mexican cartels the top criminal threat facing the U.S. and proposed devoting even more resources to trying to keep drugs from crossing the border — policies that historically have only made things … Read moreAmerica’s War on Drugs Has Always Been Bipartisan—And Unwinnable

In the two months since the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, the U.S. has witnessed an outbreak of antisemitic and anti-Palestinian and Islamophobic episodes. These incidents have been a painful reminder of how some Americans, in the aftermath of national or international crisis, tend to project blame onto entire identity groups, regardless of individual actions … Read moreWhat Happened After Pearl Harbor Is a Reminder of the Danger of Stereotypes and Conspiracy Theories

Fossil fuels contribute over 75% of global emissions. Every person at the COP28 climate change summit knows we need to rapidly slash the use of fossil fuels to keep global warming anywhere near the goal of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels determined in the Paris meetings of 2015. Nevertheless, if just 20 of the world’s major fossil-fuel-producing … Read moreThe 3 Myths Propping Up the Fossil Fuel Industry

Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it had foiled an alleged plot by an Indian official to murder a Sikh activist and American citizen in New York City. The DOJ’s press release discloses that Czech authorities detained and extradited the alleged assassin this past June. Follow us on Facebook & Twitter: @otherviewcom … Read moreWhy India Is Targeting Sikhs At Home and Around the World

COP28 is underway and grand commitments to triple nuclear power by 2050 are recognition of the following reality: There is no way, absolutely none, that the world’s energy transition away from fossil fuels can be achieved without a massive increase globally of nuclear power. Yet, western governments and companies are failing to get new nuclear … Read moreNuclear Power Is the Only Solution

The Federal Reserve’s latest Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) exposed a massive racial wealth gap in the U.S. In 2022, the typical African American family has 16 cents on the dollar compared to the typical white family—about $44,900 compared to $285,000. (The typical Hispanic family has 22 cents on the dollar compared to a median … Read moreRonald Reagan’s Policies Continue to Exacerbate the Racial Wealth Gap

The children of our planet are becoming the unintended casualties of climate change. Save the Children’s recent data analysis sheds light on a distressing reality that more than 27 million children faced hunger and malnutrition in 2022 due to extreme weather events, marking a staggering 135% increase from the previous year. Moreover, the Integrated Food … Read moreChildren of climate change

Through the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), China has smartly picked up key sectors where it could invest its resources and expertise in infrastructure development and power generation to meet the critical requirements of the host countries while expanding its influence across the Global South. Russia, per AidData, is by far the largest recipient of … Read moreWhy is ‘authoritarian’ BRI gaining traction against hybrid initiatives?

To admire the likes of Aristotle, Machiavelli, Churchill or Kissinger you have to be an Aristotelian, a Machiavellian, a Churchillian or a Kissingerian. All three men had their varied reasons for popularity and the greatness they achieved in their lives but one thing common about all of them was their pursuit of academics. I read … Read moreKissinger: what he meant for China and the world