Inside the Rise of Debt-For-Nature Swaps
Debt-for-nature swaps that restructure national debt in return for environmental protection have been hailed by their proponents as a win-win for lower-income countries and the climate crisis. Critics dismiss the deals as complex and ineffective, but they are set to reshape conservation in the years to come.
The Winners and Losers of the Iran Peace Deal
Journalist Negar Mortazavi and New Lines’ Danny Postel join Faisal Al Yafai to discuss the chances that the Iran peace deal will hold, the unresolved fault lines from Hormuz to Lebanon and how the conflict leaves Donald Trump exposed.
What a Pocketful of Metal Reveals About Afghanistan’s Forgotten Empires
Nearly 200 years ago, an East India Company agent in Central Asia started collecting ancient coins. Now kept in the British Museum, they reveal a time when Afghanistan was wealthy, cosmopolitan and culturally confident.
There Is No Iran Nuclear Deal and There May Never Be
How exactly does the agreement that President Trump has reached with Iran measure up against the JCPOA or Iran nuclear deal negotiated by the Obama administration in 2015 — which Trump shredded in 2018?
How a Lebanese Dish Survived for a Century in Oklahoma
Mlaheeyeh, a dish from a southern Lebanese town, disappeared where it was born, but survived for a century in the kitchens of families who emigrated to Oklahoma. Its story reveals what war truly destroys when it displaces a people.