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By Christopher Niezrecki and The ConversationMarch 19, 2026
EnergyPlastics, fertilizers, clothing, medicines and electronics: $100-a-barrel oil has huge downstream consequences
By André O. Hudson and The ConversationMarch 11, 2026
CommentaryThere’s one particular way the Iran War is different from all the others in American history
By Charles Walldorf and The ConversationMarch 11, 2026
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North AmericaBill Gates was a top 3 philanthropist last year as the ultrawealthy gave away $22.4 billion — but he didn’t take the top spot
By David Campbell, Hans Peter Schmitz, Lindsey McDougle and The ConversationMarch 10, 2026
By Farah N. Jan and The ConversationMarch 10, 2026
Middle EastSomething’s different about America since the early 2000s and it has to do with drill, baby, drill
By Amy Myers Jaffe and The ConversationMarch 10, 2026
Big TechBig tech has defeated everything for 30 years, but for the first time faces something it can’t control: a jury
By Carolina Rossini and The ConversationMarch 10, 2026
EnvironmentThe last 3 years were the hottest ever recorded. Here’s why we may look back at them as some of the coolest we remember
By Michael Wysession and The ConversationMarch 6, 2026
AIWe’re economists who designed a chatbot to help our students reason instead of cheat. Meet ‘Macro Buddy’
By Saharnaz Babaei-Balderlou, Shishir Shakya and The ConversationMarch 6, 2026
Middle EastPete Hegseth called it ‘quiet death’—the first time a U.S. sub fired a torpedo and hit an enemy ship since the 1940s
By James Dwyer and The ConversationMarch 6, 2026
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CommentaryOne key difference on America and Iran, then and now: the CIA had a plan for what would happen in 1953
By Gregory F. Treverton and The ConversationMarch 4, 2026
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