November 5, 2025
As of mid-July 2025, “the most intensive” heatwave to-date in Spain resulted in 1,180 fatalities, according to the Carlos III Health Institute (Reuters). In Türkiye, ten firefighters and rescue workers lost their lives fighting flames and evacuating 50,000 individuals (WWA). The Greek islands, have been plagued by fire, burning half the island of Kythera, the […]
September 26, 2023
GPII is honored to host Lieutenant General (Retired) Ben Hodges, the former Commanding General of US Army Europe. The discussion will focus on the ongoing war in Ukraine and the critical security commitments for the European Union to deter the Russian threat. The conversation will include US foreign policy toward Ukraine and its role in […]
January 10, 2022
This article was first published by American University in Cairo’s Cairo Review of Global Affairs. It was published as part of UCF’s partnership with AUC, thanks to the generous support of Jonathan and Nancy Wolf. In trying to understand the potential effects of COVID-19 on society, some commentators have looked to the Black Death […]
April 22, 2020
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected that a best-case scenario sees global GDP growth falling to negative 3 percent in 2020 (IMF). Their worst-case scenario, in which the pandemic’s spread does not diminish in the second half of 2020, subtracts an additional 3 percent from GDP growth (IMF). Before the coronavirus pandemic began circulating […]
