It is time for the United States and other powers to let the Middle East govern itself in line with national sovereignty and the United Nations Charter. As the US contemplates yet another round of military action in Iraq and intervention in Syria, it should recognise two basic t

The horrific Ebola epidemic in at least four West African countries (Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria) not only demands an emergency response to halt the outbreak, but also calls for rethinking some basic assumptions of global public health. We live in an age of emergin

If the world is to solve the climate change crisis, we will need a new approach.