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International

What happens when countries restrict food exports

International

How Food Export Policies Shape Global Supply Chains

David Thompson

When a country restricts exports of staple foods or key agricultural inputs, the effects ripple across markets, households, governments, and international relations. Export restrictions include outright bans, export licensing, higher…

What’s failing in the global plastics response

International

Global Plastic Pollution: Where Our Response Falls Short

David Thompson

Global efforts to address plastics have delivered limited progress, while numerous challenges persist. Production keeps climbing, waste management remains underfunded, policies lean too much on voluntary measures from industry, and…

Why the world is talking about a chip race

International

Understanding Tech Export Limits: Business & Consumer Effects

David Thompson

Tech export controls refer to government-imposed rules that limit how specific technologies may be sold, transferred, or shared across borders, covering everything from hardware components and complete devices to software,…

Why regulating social media is so hard globally

International

The Intricacies of Global Social Media Control

David Thompson

Social media platforms mediate information, politics, commerce, and private lives across borders. Regulating them is not simply a matter of drafting rules; it involves reconciling competing legal systems, technical limits,…

Why food prices rise even when harvests are strong

International

What Drives Food Prices Up When Harvests Are Good?

David Thompson

Strong harvests are a natural expectation for lower food prices, but the relationship between production volumes and retail prices is far from direct. Prices reflect the interaction of physical supply,…

What influence operations are and how to spot them

International

How to Identify Influence Operations: What You Need to Know

David Thompson

Influence operations are organized attempts to steer the perceptions, emotions, choices, or behaviors of a chosen audience. They blend crafted messaging, social manipulation, and sometimes technical tools to alter how…

Iranians confront a post-Khamenei reality with relief, disbelief and anxiety

International

Iran Beyond Khamenei: A Nation’s Complex Emotions

David Thompson

For the first time in decades, Iranians woke to a country without Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as supreme leader, following his death in coordinated US-Israeli strikes. The nation now confronts a…

How shared river agreements prevent conflict

International

Shared River Agreements: A Tool for Conflict Prevention

David Thompson

Rivers often flow across political boundaries in ways that defy modern territorial concepts. More than 150 nations rely on transboundary river basins, and over 260 international river and lake systems…

Who controls data and why that equals power

International

The Data Controllers: Masters of Power

David Thompson

Data is far from neutral or merely raw; it functions as a strategic resource. The party that gathers, stores, interprets, and oversees extensive, high‑quality datasets secures economic leverage, political sway,…

Finlandia: casos de RSE que promueven educación continua y bienestar mental laboral

International

After Trump: Democrats, Europe Face Challenges in Defining ‘Next’

David Thompson

At the Munich Security Conference, several prominent Democrats signaled presidential ambitions while facing a sobering message from Europe: the transatlantic relationship may never return to its previous form. As global…