10 years ago, during the runup to what became the Paris Agreement, cooperation between the United States and China helped set the direction for global efforts on climate change, but today that cooperation is gone. David Victor highlights a framework for assessing areas of opportunity for the two powerhouse countries to cooperate on science and technology, key drivers of progress on climate change.
Over the 2010-2020 decade, many major U.S. cities grew faster than the previous decade and most registered increased racial diversity. In an analysis of America’s 50 largest cities, William Frey breaks down some of the key factors driving big city growth and explains what these locations may reveal about the nation’s future demography.
Gendered disinformation attacks—which use sexist narratives to intimidate women for the purposes of eliminating critics, consolidating power, and undermining democracy—are being imported to the West and are increasingly being adopted by both foreign actors and the far right in Europe. Kristina Wilfore shares some important lessons about how these attacks were used during Germany’s recent elections.
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