Insights from psychology, neuroscience, economics and political science on how the incoming president might move people from the extreme right or left of the political spectrum to a sociable centre.
We’ve come a long way since the agreement was formed in 2015.
Stephane Mahe/Reuters
Experts agree that a new era for climate policy here. But the hard work starts now.
The director and stars of ‘Aquarius’ protest the proposed impeachment of Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff at Cannes in May 2016.
Jean-Paul Pelissier/Reuters
By denying ‘Aquarius’ its chance at the Oscars, Brazil’s government summoned memories of dictatorship-era censorship and brought the film unprecedented attention.
Hillary Clinton, then US Secretary of State, with then-president of Venezuela Hugo Chavez, in 2011.
Reuters
Facing shortages in food and medicines, extreme political polarisation, and a spiraling economic crisis, Venezuelans find it hard to care about the adventures of Clinton v. Trump.
Recommendations that aren’t accepted tend to involve hard political issues related to civil and political liberties.
REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
Donald Trump is the latest example of populism’s return to the global political landscape. Nine scholars from seven countries examine the link between populism and democracy.
Family members protest against the Mexican government’s inaction on the 43 students who disappeared in Ayotzinapa in 2014.
Edgard Garrido/Reuters
How to psychologically cope with living in a country with more fatalities than a war zone? For Mexicans, the response is increasingly detachment, depersonalisation, and adherence to daily routines.
A cancer patient from Inner Mongolia seeks treatment in Beijing.
Kim Kyung-Hoo/Reuters
Europe has a lot riding on this election: NATO, relations with Russia and free trade all hang in the balance.
Cubans were jubilant when president Barack Obama visited the island in March, but economic reforms have not progressed in line with the people’s hopes of change.
Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters
Violence, poverty and oppression in Honduras are causing thousands to flee to the US. Will Trump own the role of US foreign policy in creating these problems?
Members of Hindu Sena, a right wing Hindu group, shout slogans during a protest against Hillary Clinton in New Delhi.
Adnan Abidi/ Reuters
Regardless of US presidential results, India needs to keep the United States close to maintain the balance of power in South Asia.
Research shows voters penalise candidates who make accusations of fraud that aren’t credible, especially if they lose by a wide margin.
Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
Some advice for Trump from Mexico, a place that knows something about contested elections: nobody likes a sore loser.
The tiny island nation Timor-Leste is fighting its large southern neighbour Australia over rights to an offshore oil and gas field.
Adrees Latif/Reuters
A conflict over the maritime border between the two countries has considerable implications for Timor-Leste’s future security, and its viability as an independent sovereign state.
Young footballers dream of places far away and are ready to migrate at all costs.
Uroš Kovač
Climate change and tourism development in Mexico are altering the country’s shoreline, endangering the habitat of sea turtles. But tourists prefer pristine, natural beaches, too.
Professor in Practice on Environmental Innovation, School of Social and Environmental Sustainability, University of Glasgow, UK, National University of Singapore