The first U.S. Global Water Strategy is due in October, and despite a tumultuous start to the year, the U.S. government shouldn’t let this opportunity to demonstrate global leadership pass, says John Oldfield in last month’s most popular story.

In fact, disorder may be something of the new norm when it comes to international politics. The National Intelligence Council warned of “deep shifts” to come in their Global Trends report, and consoled moving with, rather than against, “historical currents.” In another top story, Wilson Fellow Joseph Cassidy suggested several ways the U.S. foreign policy establishment needs to change to become more nimble and responsive to such currents.

Joining these were stories from Wilson Fellow Sharon Guynup, on a spike in tiger killings in India driven by the Chinese luxury market and domestic budget cuts, and Andrea den Boer and Valerie M. Hudson on the claim that China’s missing girls are actually there, just not counted.

1. 2017 Is Pivotal for U.S. Leadership on Global Water Security, John Oldfield

2. As Asian Luxury Market Grows, a Surge in Tiger Killings in India, Sharon Guynup

3. Paradox of Progress: National Intelligence Council Releases Global Trends Report, Schuyler Null

4. Backdraft Revisited: The Conflict Potential of Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation, Lauren Herzer Risi

5. State of the World Population 2016, and Fostering Development Through Family Planning, Anam Ahmed

6. Have China’s Missing Girls Actually Been There All Along?, Andrea den Boer and Valerie M. Hudson

7. Retooling U.S. Foreign Policy to Confront 21st-Century Threats, Joseph Cassidy

8. Building a Locus of Control: Protecting Yourself From “Climate Trauma,” Lynae Bresser

9. Wild Laws: China and Its Role in Wildlife Trafficking, Evie Kirschke-Schwartz

10. Mismatched Flood Control System Compounds Water Woes in Southern Bangladesh, Nikita Sampath