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View of the silo-courtyard used for centralized grain storage at the ancient city of Tell Edfu in southern Egypt, ca. 1600 BCE (Photo by G. Marouard, Tell Edfu Project)

Forever changes: Climate lessons from ancient Egypt

With record-breaking heat waves gripping many regions of the U.S. and unprecedented floods wreaking havoc from China to Germany, the existential threat of climate change has once again risen to the forefront of public discourse.

But this is not the first time that extreme weather events...

Emily Erikson

Charting the rise of modern economic thought

Today’s debates about economic policy often center on national prosperity. A stimulus bill will jumpstart the nation’s economy. Infrastructure investments will boost the gross domestic product. Tax cuts will spur economic growth.

These debates echo a shift in economic thinking that...

Hazara elders in Behsud. (photo by Nasim Fekrat via Flickr Creative Commons)

Protecting Afghanistan’s Hazara People Under Taliban Rule

The American withdrawal from Afghanistan has been chaotic and contentious. Yet the very messiness of events in Kabul has effectively obscured important questions about civilian protection needs after September 1. The Taliban’s behavior in the territory over which they have gained control since...

An electric power plant in Gujarat, India. (© Dreamstime)

Yale scholars help test mechanism to reduce India’s deadly air pollution

Indian states are deploying a new policy tool that shows potential to reduce their high air-pollution levels, which are estimated to have caused nearly 1.7 million deaths, or 18% of...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announcing snap election on September 20.

Hoping for a Liberal majority, Trudeau calls early election

Hoping to win a Liberal majority in the House of Commons, on August 15 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asked the Governor General, Mary Simon, to dissolve Parliament and call a new election on September 20. Trudeau, whose father Pierre Elliott Trudeau served as prime minister from 1968 to...

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