Longer Range Future News Today

Argentina’s 2023 elections installed Javier Milei as president, dramatically changing the country’s course towards Western partners and away from its strategic relationship with China, its second-largest trading partner. Milei ended Argentina’s upcoming BRICS membership, but can he afford to degrade ties with the Asian powerhouse further?

Two new Boston University classes offer a wider, deeper look at the Arctic, including the diverse communities who call the polar region home.

Philippine Canadian Inquirer International reaction to Gaza siege has exposed the growing rift between the West and the Global South News

Philippine Canadian Inquirer G20 summit proved naysayers wrong – and showed Global South’s potential to address world’s biggest problems News

Global South is not simply a geographical term, rather its usage encompasses a mix of political, geopolitical and economic commonalities between nations

The unwillingness of many leading countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America to stand with NATO over the war in Ukraine has brought to the fore once again the term “Global South.”

With an economic shift & enhanced political visibility, countries in the Global South are increasingly asserting themselves on the global scene

A BU group earned a $9,200 grant from the BU Campus Climate Lab for their ideas of how to make their lab more eco-friendly.

A curated list of what’s coming up around campus, Boston, the country, and the world, for the week of April 10.

Richard Samuel Deese and Michael Holm edit new book of essays on How Democracy Survives.