Can an African critical minerals megaproject benefit Africans?
A major transport route is a test case for sustainable development vs. neocolonial plundering.
A moveable feast, one tamale at a time
Food courier services between Guatemala and the US are thriving.
Review: A man of no nation
Andrea Wulf rediscovers the pioneering 18th-century globalist George Forster.
Living in Cuba
As the economy approaches a breaking point under US sanctions, historic numbers of people are leaving. But some are deciding to stay.
A French school and the philosophical education of America’s Founding Fathers
The College of St. Omer had an outsized influence on US independence.
The EU wants to make rare earths less rare
But reducing dependence on China will take more investment and bolder collective action.