Yet even though overpopulation is an issue as dated as Dacron pants or disco, Ehrlich helped give an imprimatur of scholarly authority to a new kind of politics—a politics of scarcity—that has proved ...

However, a party can sustain extremism only if the other side is extreme, too. A small moderation of one side’s voting electorate can trigger a discontinuous collapse of candidate extremism on both ...

Political violence has been a persistent aspect of human history. In this article we address the main psychological factors leading to political extremism.

One leader who began the war, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has been dead set for decades on crippling, and ideally toppling, Iran’s Islamic Republic. Iran has a long track record of ...

Iraq is still an authoritarian state governed by political parties with deep institutional ties to Tehran. Iranian-backed militias operate openly on Iraqi soil – some holding official positions within ...

The social sector is being gradually eroded through plummeting allocations and underutilisation of funds. The Union Budget 2026–27 cements what has been a gradual trend in the making over the last ...

It's all about the economy. That was the message from top members of President Donald Trump's political team, as they huddled in a closed-door strategy session with Trump administration Cabinet ...

WHEN a country’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth slows while public debt increases, it faces a combination of economic, fiscal and social challenges. In the Philippines, this pressure became more ...

The French president urged EU leaders to confront competition from the US and China and back a "Made in Europe" strategy. French President Emmanuel Macron said in remarks published on Tuesday that ...

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Health care in 2025 was consumed by chaos, conflict and relentless drama. Yet despite unprecedented political turmoil, cultural division and major technological breakthroughs, there was little ...

Cambodia’s leadership faced an economic crisis in 2025. US tariffs levied by President Donald Trump threatened to collapse Cambodia’s garment exports. At the same time, the Thai government sought to ...