The increasingly developed landscape of modern society is in as much danger as ever from the catastrophic forces of Mother…

The United States designated $682.5 billion to military expenditures in 2012, nearly level with the $683.4 spent by the 11…

The UN has seen a substantial leap in its budget in just the last decade, jumping from $1.5 billion in…

Women as a percentage of all national legislators around the world have nearly doubled their numbers since 1997. Change has…

Wild capture has stagnated since the mid-1990s, reflecting the fact that many regional fisheries are at or even above their…

The rate of sea level rise has been accelerating dangerously for the past few decades, posing a threat to the…

In 2012, the combined global production of ethanol and biodiesel fell for the first time since 2000. Biofuels are a…

Decisions to establish, expand, or terminate a peacekeeping operation are taken by the members of the Security Council. But among…

The trend of urban population growth outpacing rural growth is expected to intensify in the future. Given that 82% of…

After a significant dip in the late 1990s, the number of uniformed UN Peacekeepers worldwide has rebounded to new heights,…

Continuing a decade-long increase, global food prices rose 2.7 percent in 2012, reaching levels not seen since the 1960s and…

2012 saw a rough equalization of the GDPs between emerging market economies and those of the developed world. The financial…

Global annual crop production since the 1960s has more than doubled, a striking testament to improvements in modern farming practices.…