China’s Twilight Years
The country’s population is aging and shrinking. That means big consequences for its economy—and America’s global standing.
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Doug Chayka Confessions of an Ivory Consumer
I acknowledge my role in endangering African elephants, and Western countries should too.
Charles Platiau/Reuters/The Atlantic China’s Dangerous Game
The country's intensifying efforts to redraw maritime borders have its neighbors, and the U.S., fearing war. But does the aggression reflect a government growing in power—or one facing a crisis of legitimacy?
Brian Stauffer How Africa's New Urban Centers Are Shifting Its Old Colonial Boundaries
The continent's booming new economic zones are outstripping the ability of weak central governments to retain their hold on them.
