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Is 2023 The Year of the Climate Change Tipping Point

Most of us have grown up in the shadow of fear regarding climate change and global warming. These themes became so prevalent over the last 30 years that it became difficult to know which...
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Global Review – July 2023

Our biggest story in the Global Review for July 2023 is climate change. Across the planets, heat records are falling, and new extreme weather patterns are being reported. The head of the United Nations...
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Sudan Civil War Hits 100 Day Milestone

The civil war in Sudan has now surpassed 100 days in duration. If you missed this milestone, it is no surprise. The violence occurring in Ukraine is abominable, but the disproportionate attention given to...
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Domestic Threat Emergency in Israel

Months-long protests and heated divisions will come to a head in an Israeli Knesset vote that has triggered a domestic threat emergency in Israel. The nation has already seen the largest protests in its history....
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Global Review – June 2023

There is a growing sense that we are crossing thresholds as we scan the growing chaos across the world. This macro-perspective of the last 30 days for June 2023 shows unprecedented events on the...
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Global Review – May 2023

Our monthly global review podcast looks at the state of the chaos around the world during the preceding month. Our May Global Review podcast begins with a look at the growing financial crisis. While...

The Green Revolution – Food Crisis Part 7

After the unique economic factors (see yesterday's post), the second solution to the crisis of these debtor nations in the early 1980s is known to history as the Green Revolution. The Green Revolution actually began...

The Borrowers Become Servants to the Lenders – Food Crisis Part 6

In our last post in this series, we looked at how benevolent aid became dysfunctional politics and began reshaping the global food system in the 1960s and 70s.  Two significant factors contributed solutions to...
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Global Review – April 2023

Our monthly global review podcast looks at the state of the chaos around the world during the preceding month. Our April Global Review podcast looks at the growing geopolitical conflicts in the shadow of...
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Benevolent Aid Becomes Pragmatic Economics – Food Crisis Part 5

By 1956, food aid accounted for half of all US economic aid throughout the world.  From the 1950s onward, food became a central piece of American aid throughout the world and a foundational element...