Category: International

International

What’s at stake in the U.S.-China rivalry? The very future of the internet

The U.S.-China dispute just took a dangerous turn. Late last week, the U.S. government issued three separate measures – two executive orders imposing sanctions on social-media networks WeChat and TikTok, and another to set up a “clean network” program – that, come mid-September, would prohibit any U.S. citizen or company from conducting business with those apps’ Chinese parent companies, Tencent and ByteDance respectively.

13 de August de 2020

International

How maps can guide us to a better future

As explained in my new book with Ian Goldin – Terra Incognita: 100 Maps to Survive the Next 100 Years – maps can help make sense of the world around us.

4 de August de 2020

Brazilian

Brazil and COVID-19: A Perfect Storm?

On July 7, Jair Bolsonaro, president of the world’s second hardest-hit country by COVID-19, announced he had tested positive for coronavirus and had mild symptoms. Shortly afterwards, he removed his mask to show everyone he was ok.

4 de August de 2020

International

Robert Muggah Says More…

This week, PS talks with Robert Muggah, a co-founder of the SecDev Group and the Igarapé Institute.

28 de July de 2020

International

Brazil’s racial reckoning: ‘Black lives matter here, too’

A week before the death of George Floyd in the US city of Minneapolis in May, Brazilians were mourning one of their own.

27 de July de 2020

International

The UN’s 75th Birthday: A Critical Chance for the Globe to Save Itself

As consensus was finally achieved on July 7, a final draft of the UN-75 political declaration has been approved and is expected to be adopted by world leaders on Sept. 21 at United Nations headquarters through virtual means.

24 de July de 2020

International

How Latin America Can Tackle Its Post-COVID Priorities

On multiple fronts, data-driven policymaking has informed and improved Latin America’s response to COVID-19 – from information about the availability of hospital beds and ventilators to economic measurements to help direct relief packages for businesses and workers.

24 de July de 2020

International

Forecasting the Dividends of Conflict Prevention from 2020-2030

This study considers the trajectories of armed conflict in a ‘business-as-usual’ scenario between 2020-2030.

22 de July de 2020

International

Brazil feels the consequences of pandemic populism

The only surprise about Jair Bolsonaro’s diagnosis for COVID-19 was that it took him so long to test positive.

22 de July de 2020

International

To Downsize Bloated, Too-Powerful Police, Look at These Examples

Across the United States, the debate over the future of policing is gathering steam.

20 de July de 2020

International

Testing positive for COVID-19 won’t change Bolsonaro’s pandemic response, says analyst

Political analyst Robert Muggah says Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro’s positive COVID-19 test may spell the beginning of the end for his administration

13 de July de 2020

International

Brazil’s Bolsonaro Tests Positive for Coronavirus

Far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who has presided over the world’s second worst coronavirus outbreak after the U.S., said Tuesday that he had tested positive for the virus.

9 de July de 2020

International

How Brazilians react to the President’s handling of COVID-19

Brazil has now surpassed a million COVID-19 cases, a grim milestone for the country with the second most coronavirus infections in the world. It’s been averaging about a thousand deaths per day for the last month

22 de June de 2020

International

Deep Dish: Bolsonaro’s COVID-19 Response Threatens Brazil’s Democracy

Brazil is poised to overtake the United States for most total COVID-19 infections and deaths globally — but far-right President Jair Bolsanaro is preoccupied with politics and discredits the pandemic’s risk and response.

21 de June de 2020

International

Vinn eller forsvinn for demokratiet i USA?

«I can’t breathe!» «Jeg får ikke puste!» George Floyds siste ord er blitt slagordet for en verdensomfattende bevegelse

10 de June de 2020

International

Social unrest could undo or renew America

“I can’t breathe.” The final words gasped by George Floyd are now a global meme. They were recorded on the mobile phone of a bystander while Mr. Floyd was being suffocated to death by a police officer in Minneapolis.

3 de June de 2020

International

‘Instead of doctors, they send police to kill us’: locked-down Rio faces deadly raids

Maria Diva do Nascimento was worried as she set off for her job at one of Rio de Janeiro’s biggest hospitals wearing a face mask she hoped would keep her alive.

18 de May de 2020

International

How the Coronavirus Pandemic Will Permanently Expand Government Powers

The coronavirus pandemic is exposing the quality of governments around the world. Many national leaders have failed the test—in contrast to the leaders of regions and cities

18 de May de 2020

International

Megacity slums are incubators of disease – but coronavirus response isn’t helping the billion people who live in them

Having ravaged some of the world’s wealthiest cities, the coronavirus pandemic is now spreading into the megacities of developing countries.

15 de May de 2020

International

This is how cities in the Global South can fight COVID-19 most effectively

The first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic may be receding in some parts of Western Europe, East Asia and North America, but it’s rapidly taking-off in Latin America, Africa and South Asia.

12 de May de 2020

International

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro continues to downplay the pandemic

Head of Igarape Institute in Rio de Janeiro gives us more on the absurd situation in Brazil, due to the lack of political leadership and the denial of the severness of the pandemic

11 de May de 2020

International

The Pandemic Has Triggered Dramatic Shifts in the Global Criminal Underworld

To say that COVID-19 changes everything is already a cliché. But it’s also true.

11 de May de 2020

International

Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic, Urbanites Are Eyeing the Suburbs

Increased time inside close quarters during the coronavirus pandemic is causing some urbanites to consider moving toward the suburbs, a recent survey shows.

7 de May de 2020

International

Joint letter on the Situation of the Yanomami in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

Carta Conjunta sobre a situação dos Yanomami e Ye’kwana no contexto da pandemia do COVID-19

6 de May de 2020

International

Brazil Needs Intensive Care

Following the recent ouster of Brazil’s popular justice minister, Sergio Moro, the world’s fourth-largest democracy is on the brink of plunging into even deeper instability.

6 de May de 2020

International

Don’t let the blue skies fool you: in Brazil, the pandemic is bad news for climate and environment

As the novel coronavirus spreads throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, social media have been rife with reports touting some of the environmental and climate benefits of the pandemic.

6 de May de 2020

International

El Salvador wields heavy hand to contain murder rate

After a temporary lull brought about by sweeping Coronavirus quarantine measures, violence is increasing in many parts of Latin America

4 de May de 2020

International

How Life in Our Cities Will Look After the Coronavirus Pandemic

Cities are at the center of this pandemic, as they have been during so many plagues in history.

4 de May de 2020

International

World Bank needs to make fragility a central priority in the COVID-19 era

The COVID-19 pandemic is painfully exposing the world’s many interconnected fragilities

1 de May de 2020

International

Sérgio Moro resignation adds to pressure on Brazil’s Bolsonaro

When Sérgio Moro resigned as justice minister on Friday, accusing Jair Bolsonaro of meddling in a police investigation, the former star judge shifted everyone’s attention away from coronavirus — by triggering the gravest political crisis of the Brazilian president’s administration so far.

27 de April de 2020

Category: International

What’s at stake in the U.S.-China rivalry? The very future of the internet

How maps can guide us to a better future

Brazil and COVID-19: A Perfect Storm?

Robert Muggah Says More…

Brazil’s racial reckoning: ‘Black lives matter here, too’

The UN’s 75th Birthday: A Critical Chance for the Globe to Save Itself

How Latin America Can Tackle Its Post-COVID Priorities

Forecasting the Dividends of Conflict Prevention from 2020-2030

Brazil feels the consequences of pandemic populism

To Downsize Bloated, Too-Powerful Police, Look at These Examples

Testing positive for COVID-19 won’t change Bolsonaro’s pandemic response, says analyst

Brazil’s Bolsonaro Tests Positive for Coronavirus

How Brazilians react to the President’s handling of COVID-19

Deep Dish: Bolsonaro’s COVID-19 Response Threatens Brazil’s Democracy

Vinn eller forsvinn for demokratiet i USA?

Social unrest could undo or renew America

‘Instead of doctors, they send police to kill us’: locked-down Rio faces deadly raids

How the Coronavirus Pandemic Will Permanently Expand Government Powers

Megacity slums are incubators of disease – but coronavirus response isn’t helping the billion people who live in them

This is how cities in the Global South can fight COVID-19 most effectively

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro continues to downplay the pandemic

The Pandemic Has Triggered Dramatic Shifts in the Global Criminal Underworld

Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic, Urbanites Are Eyeing the Suburbs

Joint letter on the Situation of the Yanomami in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

Brazil Needs Intensive Care

Don’t let the blue skies fool you: in Brazil, the pandemic is bad news for climate and environment

El Salvador wields heavy hand to contain murder rate

How Life in Our Cities Will Look After the Coronavirus Pandemic

World Bank needs to make fragility a central priority in the COVID-19 era

Sérgio Moro resignation adds to pressure on Brazil’s Bolsonaro

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