We are in an era in which states seek to demonstrate their power and values through the construction of new cities. This new wave of development is global: in Egypt with the New Administrative Capital, in Indonesia with Nusantara, in Kenya with Konza Techno City and Tatu City, and in California’s Solano County.
And how technology could help mitigate the issue—if global power dynamics don’t interfere.
Darshana Baruah’s new book discusses the Indian Ocean region.
Many Floridians, of all possible political persuasions, are going to face financial ruin and displacement over the next few decades, as storms increase in intensity and chronic flooding arrives. These risks need to be reduced to avoid stupendous human and financial burdens ahead.
In his new book, Senior Fellow Richard Youngs delves into how global crises—from the climate crisis, the post-neoliberal economic shift, to rising geopolitical tensions—are reshaping democracies worldwide. While today's multi-crisis era fuels authoritarianism in some regions, others find new paths to democratic renewal.
The rising pace and cost of disasters is cause for alarm, both because of the likelihood of major disruption in so many people’s lives, and because of the potential for systemic failures in the housing and insurance markets that could lead to wider, global economic shocks.
Key insights from a peer-learning negotiation workshop.
