The Social Implications of the CIIT

The Corridor Interoceánico de Isthmus de Tehuantepec (CIIT) is a Mexican infrastructure megaproject that includes a 188-mile corridor of railways, industrial parks, and other commercial infrastructure that stretches across the isthmus of southern Mexico. It is hailed as Mexico’s alternative…

Opium’s New Frontiers: The Taliban’s Poppy Ban and its Ripple Effects

In just one growing season, Afghanistan’s opium fields — once the source of more than 80% of the world’s opium — have all but vanished. A near-total ban enforced by the Taliban since their return to power in 2021 wiped…