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Bryan Walsh

Bryan Walsh

Senior Editorial Director, Future Perfect, Climate, Unexplainable and The Gray Area

    Latest articles by Bryan Walsh

    Future Perfect
    The war in Ukraine could portend the end of the “long peace”The war in Ukraine could portend the end of the “long peace”
    Future Perfect

    The decline of major conflict helped support decades of prosperity, but that future is now in doubt.

    By Bryan Walsh
    Future Perfect
    The Olympic ideal is about world peace. The Olympic reality is far from it.The Olympic ideal is about world peace. The Olympic reality is far from it.
    Future Perfect

    As the Beijing Winter Games begin, hopes that international sport could help promote global peace are melting away.

    By Bryan Walsh
    Climate
    What the Doomsday Clock is really counting down toWhat the Doomsday Clock is really counting down to
    Climate

    The number of human-made existential risks has ballooned, but the most pressing one is the original: nuclear war.

    By Bryan Walsh
    Future Perfect
    The great population growth slowdownThe great population growth slowdown
    Future Perfect

    The pandemic has only accelerated a decline in US birth rates, even as immigration has plummeted.

    By Bryan Walsh