Intersections

Investing in Children for Climate Adaptation (Nilanjan Ghosh – Observer Research Foundation)

The State of the World’s Children 2025 (SOWC), published by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), serves as a reminder that children are not...

Yemen’s generation without classrooms (Samar Azazi – Lowy The Interpreter)

In June 1964, Malcom X said, “Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.”. In...

Inside the minds of power: psychological analysis in security (Eloise Dennis – The Strategist)

Whether we realise it or not, many actors in international relations already apply psychology—however imperfectly—when trying to predict how other actors will behave. The...

Generation Z Protests Sweeping the Globe, Motivated by Rising Inequality (The Soufan Center)

Protests continued in Madagascar for a third week in a row, led by Generation Z—people born between the mid-1990s and early 2010s—inspired by protests...

Expect IMF-World Bank meeting debates over China, the US, Ukraine, and more—behind closed doors (Martin Mühleisen – Atlantic Council)

Once again, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Annual Meetings will unfold against a turbulent global backdrop. In their speeches and prepared...

Behind the scenes of the IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings as leaders adjust to a new normal of uncertainty (Atlantic Council)

As financial leaders descend upon Washington, DC, this week for the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank, IMF Managing...

Europe’s health system under strain as doctors and nurses face mental health crisis (UN News)

One in 10 doctors and nurses in Europe experience suicidal thoughts, a new survey carried out by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Europe...

Chinese fishing in West Africa: Responding to the environmental and social impacts (Ebimboere Seiyafa, Awa Niang Fall, Ellis Adjei Adams, Kadidia Kane, Isa Elegbebe...

In May 2025, the China Global South Initiative (CGSi), a collaboration between the Keough School of Global Affairs and the Atlantic Council Global China...

From US tariffs to Argentina’s crisis: The five important issues at next week’s IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings (Hung Tran – Atlantic Council)

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank are gearing up for their annual meetings next week. Amid increasingly high stakes, this year’s gathering...

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