Opinion

Governments often justify “quiet diplomacy” by arguing that public condemnation closes channels, endangers diplomats, or reduces leverage for humanitarian outcomes.

More than 2,400 nuclear devices were detonated in tests conducted worldwide between 1945 and 2017.

If there's one material that defines modern life more than any other, it's plastic: present from the moment we're born in newborn stool, in product packaging, in the soil beneath our feet and the air we breathe.

When illicit supply grows, consumption does not disappear; it shifts into unregulated channels where oversight is limited and risks are amplified.