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Cristina Mamani walks near an unused boat in Lake Poopo, Bolivia's second largest lake which has dried up due to water diversion for regional irrigation needs and a warmer, drier climate, according to local residents and scientists on July 24, 2021.
Cristina Mamani walks near an unused boat in Lake Poopo, Bolivia's second largest lake which has dried up due to water diversion for regional irrigation needs and a warmer, drier climate, according to local residents and scientists on July 24, 2021. REUTERS/Claudia Morales
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The Crisis of the Century: How the United States Can Protect Climate Migrants

by Anya Howko-Johnson August 26, 2022

The disastrous effects of climate change could displace more than a billion people in the next thirty years. International and domestic legal systems cannot continue to let climate migrants slip through the cracks.

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Food and Water Security
Down the Hunger Spiral: Pathways to the Disintegration of the Global Food System
For a precarious global agricultural system with powerful feedback loops, business as usual means widespread hunger and embedded systemic risk.
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for the Internationalist October 3, 2019 The Internationalist
Energy and Environment
As Negotiations Stumble, the Rationale for a Global Environmental Pact Grows
Negotiations on a Global Pact for the Environment are poised to produce a nonbinding political declaration. Ecological catastrophes, meanwhile, continue to unfold across the planet. 
Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick September 30, 2019 The Internationalist
Donald Trump
Patriot Games: President Trump Again Puts the “Nation” in United Nations
Though Trump’s tone was solemn and even-keeled, the overall thrust of his UN General Assembly speech was of transactional nationalism, emphasizing the importance of pursuing national interests and combating globalism.
Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick September 24, 2019 The Internationalist
  • Global Governance
    Trump Is the Odd Man Out at the U.N.
    Trump’s third annual address to the UN General Assembly will be a performance to suffer through. His America First worldview rejects the very purposes and priorities of the United Nations. 
    Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick September 23, 2019 The Internationalist
  • Global Governance
    Five Centuries after Magellan, Globalization Needs to Grow Up—and Fast
    On this anniversary of Magellan's first expedition to circumnavigate the globe, we should reflect on the trajectory globalization has taken—and adopt a more cosmopolitan approach to life on our shrinking planet.
    Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick and Kyle L. Evanoff September 20, 2019 The Internationalist