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Fully-loaded container ships berth at a dock at the Port of Qingdao in Qingdao city, east Chinas Shandong province. DepositPhotos.com.

How modern slavery—in China and elsewhere—undermines the fight against existential threats

By Erik English | Biosecurity, Climate Change

President Slobodan Milosevic of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, President Alija Izetbegovic of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and President Franjo Tudjman of the Republic of Croatia initial the Dayton Peace Accords in December 1995. Photo Credit: US Air Force/Staff Sgt. Brian Schlumbohm via Wikimedia Commons

The United States has supported successful mediation in 11 vicious conflicts since 1990: Could Ukraine make it an even dozen?

By Stephen R. Weissman | Nuclear Risk