Tracking some of the most vulnerable and food-insecure regions in what is expected to be the hottest year ever.

The COP24 agreement is being hyped as a win, but the Paris process remains woefully unfit for task in tackling global warming.

A new world of consensus and collaboration is not a better place. It is the only way for the human race to survive.

The Northern Sea Route through the Arctic will alter global trade flows and in doing so create new geopolitical chokepoints. Chief among them is the Bering Strait, where US, Russian, and Chinese interests converge.

As a country that’s particularly susceptible to climate change, Vietnam will face a daunting assortment of security, economic, and political challenges in the decades to come.

Key background information on Nord Stream 2, the energy pipeline that was center stage at this week’s NATO summit.

Don’t expect this Belt and Road port to unseat Singapore as Southeast Asia’s premier transportation hub anytime soon.

With an expanding icebreaker fleet, land purchases around the GIUK gap, and perhaps even a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the near future, China is becoming a force to be reckoned with in the Arctic.

In the fourth article of our series on South China Sea claimants, we examine the historical reasoning, diplomacy, and military dimensions of the Philippine claim.

A historic drought is bringing water pressures to the fore in Iran and adding to the authorities’ growing list of troubles.