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Armed Conflict is Surging, Peacemaking is Flagging
by Mel Gurtov 1065 words A Record-Setting Pace Wars in Iran, Ukraine, and Israel have drawn attention away from a stark fact: armed conflict is on the rise worldwide in and between states. Two Swedish think tanks with impeccable credentials report the depressing figures: the Uppsala Conflict Data Program and the Stockholm International Peace Research…
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The Trumpster fire
by Tom H. Hastings 763 words How did it start? I’m from Minnesota and my Dad took me canoeing in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness as a boy. Eventually, as an adult, I became a guide. I learned about the peatbog slow burns that could keep the embers of a forest fire smoldering underground for years…
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The Retreat from Global Warming and Environmental Protection
by Mel Gurtov 1074 words Walking It Back We once took for granted that everyone concerned with global warming outside the Trump administration’s orbit accepted the scientists’ conclusion that 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming was the critical threshold. Following on its pullout from the Paris Accords, the administration has ignored climate scientists’ overwhelming findings on the human…