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Jan 12, 2024 · By 2034, according to a large majority (73 percent) of respondents, the world will be multipolar, with multiple centers of power, in contrast to the unipolar moment that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union, leaving the United States as the last superpower standing.
Jan 23, 2024 · The Doomsday Clock that has been ticking for 77 years is no ordinary clock — it attempts to gauge how close humanity is to destroying the world. On Tuesday, the clock was again set at 90 seconds...
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Sep 14, 2020 · Rising inequality across income, race and gender will demand urgent attention, and government policy making will need to become more innovative to address such challenges. Individual responsibility will play a role, too, in areas such as climate change, he says.
- The vaccine miracle—and cautionary message. The development of COVID-19 vaccines was remarkably rapid, with those most vulnerable to the virus in rich countries inoculated within a year of the pandemic breaking out.
- Technology’s double-edged sword. If science came out of the pandemic a winner, technology was a close second. Without computers and connectivity, the lockdowns could have ground most economic activity to halt.
- Here comes deglobalization. The developing world has lost many of the benefits of globalization—at least for the time being. A significant portion of the once-rising global middle class slid back into poverty as a result of the pandemic and its economic ramifications, reversing perhaps humanity’s biggest achievement in recent decades.
- The deepening of domestic disorders. Today there is more inequality not just between developed and developing countries, but also within many of these countries themselves.
Sep 10, 2021 · Climate change scientists don't like to use the term "prediction." Rather, they're making "projections" about the future of the planet as sea levels rise, wildfires sweep the West and hurricanes...
Jan 9, 2023 · What the world could look like in ten years, according to more than 160 experts. By Mary Kate Aylward, Peter Engelke, Uri Friedman, and Paul Kielstra. Prepare for Russia’s coming crack-up. Plan for a Chinese military assault on Taiwan. Temper the optimism about peak carbon emissions.
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Oct 19, 2023 · This is what the science tells us about how the world will end and how many years are left, roughly, for our blue planet Earth.
