People in southern and central Turkey and northern and western Syria have suffered the dire consequences of a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck on the 6th
By Saifullah Chaudhry Pakistan’s strategic importance is not new: while it gained new momentum following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the country has regularly surfaced in
By Rc Diedrich Nearly half of all children in the Democratic Republic of Congo are short for their age, a phenomenon known as “stunting”. While
By Rc Diedrich Food waste is one of the modern tragedies of our world. The planet’s wealth and consequent qualities of living are unequally distributed,
An Interview with Dr. Jonathan Barton In November 2021, Saint Louis University – Madrid and the Observatory on Contemporary Crises (OCC) welcomed Professor Jonathan Barton
2019 was a record-breaking year for natural disasters. There were deadly heat waves in India, Japan and Europe. There were fires in Australia, the Amazon,