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… China to Germany, the existential threat of climate change has once again risen to the forefront of public discourse. … To what extent, then, can we say that a changing climate caused the collapse of otherwise prosperous Egyptian powers? … change are two big ones.” Climate stress, including the decline in Nile flooding, caused significant misery for the …

… what is lost,” Meghan O’Rourke, editor of the Yale Review, has   recently written , aptly capturing what scholars of the … students to have an intellectual connection apart from news updates and family struggles. This is not about the … us to direct our commitments outward at such times. In pandemic, war, and social upheaval, individual accomplishment …

… past week, the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) has moved into the lead over the Christian Democratic Union … of 2020, fueled by the government’s response to the Covid pandemic, support for the CDU-CSU, as measured in the polls, … steep drop in support for the CDU-CSU since early July was caused, at least in part, by the widely-viewed photos of …

… Tweeting afterwards, von der Leyen said, “Some progress has been made, but large differences remain especially on … 31 announcing a second national lockdown to deal with the pandemic, or because, as some have speculated, they believed … reportedly considered stepping down as well undoubtedly caused a good deal of distraction this week for those …

… Studies. “It tells us that a simple policy intervention has altered a cultural norm, which is very exciting.” The …

… Convoy” trucker protests have become an international news story and a challenging moment for Canadians. Many had … sentiment, while still desperately trying to escape the pandemic. To think deeper about the causes and consequences …

… nation facing historic challenges. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to surge, with more than 11 million U.S. … Ian Shapiro , Sterling Professor of Political Science, has examined the origins of political polarization. In his … that the transfer of political power to the grassroots has eroded trust in politicians, parties, and democratic …

… is home to 1.3 billion people. In response to the looming pandemic threat, a team of African scientists - including … to have in Africa?  UA:  Epidemiologically, Africa has lagged behind the rest of the world with a later … Written by Colin Poitras https://publichealth.yale.edu/news-article/24397/ May 5, 2020 … MacMillan Center … …

… is home to 1.3 billion people. In response to the looming pandemic threat, a team of African scientists - including … COVID-19 to have in Africa?  UA: Epidemiologically, Africa has lagged behind the rest of the world with a later … Written by Colin Poitras https://publichealth.yale.edu/news-article/24397/ May 5, 2020 … Council on African Studies …

… great questions of national memory, the latest history war has to play out in politics, whether we like it or not. This … when a debate flared in the media over the National Standards for History. The Standards were a colossal project: the country’s first …

… that people who study a part of the world where there has been a lot of political instability over the decades are … was the key takeaway? Did anything surprise you? The good news was that there was a correlation between how important … of Latin American politics, what circumstances have caused democracies to fail? The good news in Latin America is …