By Anthony Lake and Isabella LövinThe year 2016 will probably be remembered for military and political events, but it should also go down in history as one of the worst years for children since World War II.Images of dead, injured and distraught young children filled the media on

The big question in Asian countries right now is what lesson to take from Donald Trump’s victory in the United States’ presidential election, and from the United Kingdom’s Brexit referendum, in which British voters opted to leave the European Union.Unfortunately, the focus is not

Many of us remember the 1970s for its music and fashion, but we should also take a lesson from its mistaken beliefs.Without easy access to data or analyses of social trends, some ideas about the workings of nature and society were completely backward.

Over the last decade or so, productivity growth has slowed considerably in most major developed economies, even as impressive advances have been made in areas like computing, mobile telephony and robotics.All of these advances ostensibly should have boosted productivity; and yet,

For 15 years, China has been a key engine of global growth.

By Chee Yoke Ling and Edward HammondFour hundred years ago, John Rolfe used tobacco seeds pilfered from the West Indies to develop Virginia’s first profitable export, undermining the tobacco trade of Spain’s Caribbean colonies.More than 200 years later, another Briton, Henry Wick

We live in turbulent times, and popular discontent with the status quo is mounting. The reasons for popular frustration vary from country to country, but the common thread everywhere is a growing sense that the economy is rigged in favour of the few.Indeed, the gains from ec

Wetlands, forests and oceans absorb and store carbon, which makes them a vital asset for countries pursuing the Paris climate agreement’s targets for reducing CO2 emissions. So how can we use them most effectively?The Paris accord was concluded by 196 governments last Decemb

We often take it for granted that any infection we encounter can be cured, and that all-powerful modern medicine will do precisely what it is supposed to do.But imagine an alternative scenario: You are diagnosed with a potentially life-threatening infectious disease that was once