As our debacles in Vietnam and Iraq demonstrate, expert consensus is not always a recipe for success. Perhaps it should come as no surprise that American policy toward Ukraine has also been steeped in illusions. By George Beebe, December 22, 2019 THE WAR between Ukraine, Russia and Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine’s Donbass region has reached its sixth year. So far, it has claimed some thirteen thousand lives and displaced millions
From melting ice caps to record-breaking wildfires, hurricanes and floods, the deadly consequences of human-caused global warming are here. By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman and Lydia O’Connor, 12/30/2019 05:45 am ET Updated 1 day ago In the words of 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg: “People are already suffering and dying from the climate and ecological emergency, and it will continue to get worse.” In the past decade, the climate
Greg Asner Director, Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science and Professor, Arizona State University April 20, 2019 4.07am AEST, An aerial photo of Borneo shows deforestation and patches of remaining forest. Greg Asner, CC BY-ND Earth’s cornucopia of life has evolved over 550 million years. Along the way, five mass extinction events have caused serious setbacks to life on our planet. The fifth, which was caused by
