Plastics have been both a gift and a curse from an environmental standpoint

China now imports a majority of the world’s annual waste plastic.

Is a world of approximately equal country incomes really possible to envisage any time soon?

Reviving the autonomy deal that foundered in Spain’s constitutional court back in 2010 would find the support of the majority of Spaniards, including the Catalans.

Trump rendering the Iran deal null and void will irreparably undermine America’s global, moral and political leadership.

Far from dominant, Saudi Arabia’s future in the Middle East is that of a second fiddle state.

Did the capitalist United States or the communist Soviet Union experience faster height increases?

How tall is the tallest national population in the world?

In the 20th century, Southern Europe and China experienced height increases along with economic development.

Beyond the present efforts in Catalonia and Iraqi Kurdistan: How do the strategies of existing small states Singapore, the UAE and Qatar compare?