Author: Xiaolin Zhu

  • For Climate Migrants, Does the Past Shape Current Perceptions of Conflict?

    For Climate Migrants, Does the Past Shape Current Perceptions of Conflict?

    As climate change has altered environments across the globe, it has caused mass migration. For example, an intense drought in Honduras recently led thousands of people to leave their homes and head north to Mexico for an opportunity to earn an agriculture-based living. In Honduras and many other countries impacted…

  • China’s Belt and Road Initiative: International Trade’s Transportation Solution?

    China’s Belt and Road Initiative: International Trade’s Transportation Solution?

    Infrastructure projects are often seen as an important vehicle for economic growth. One of the largest ever attempts at such a project, China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), has allotted massive resources to building infrastructure. Costing an estimated one trillion U.S. dollars, the BRI includes major investments in thousands of…