The massive scale of the environmental disaster, which takes form in the transboundary haze pollution happening in Northern Sumatra, Indonesia, has been dubbed a “crime against humanity”; though the fundamental cause for the persistent detrimental haze is the all-too-common domino effect of corruption in local politics. The haze has been an annual problem in Southeast…
Only in his early thirties, Joshua Walker has an extensive and impressive resume – he was a Fulbright Fellow in Turkey, Transatlantic Fellow at the German Marshall Fund, co-founder of various programs, lecturer at many prestigious universities including Princeton University and Yale University, and the list of his accomplishments continues. As of now, Dr. Walker…
Between summer monsoons and Himalayan snowmelt, Nepal is endowed with an abundance of freshwater resources. Just as Nepal’s rivers have carved the gorges of the world’s highest mountain range, these rivers carve international politics within the region. More than 200 billion cubic meters of water crosses the Indo-Nepal border each year, feeding into the…