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December 7, 2011

Diplomacy and International Institutions
Guest Post: Has the Kimberly Process Lost Its Sparkle?

A worker at the Botswana Diamond Valuing Company displays a rough diamond in the capital Gaborone, August 26, 2004. (Juda Ngwenya/Courtesy Reuters) My colleague, Kaysie Brown, is the interim deputy …

Guest Post: Has the Kimberly Process Lost Its Sparkle?
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for the Internationalist The Internationalist

June 9, 2017

Asia
Chinese Activists, THAAD Halt, SoftBank’s Robots, and More

Rachel Brown, Ashley Feng, Douglas Mo, and Gabriel Walker look at the top stories in Asia this week.

Hua-Chunying
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Asia Unbound Asia Unbound

December 28, 2023

United States
Remembering Ten Americans Who Died in 2023

As 2023 comes to a close, here are ten Americans we lost this year who made a mark in foreign policy. 

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Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

December 9, 2011

Defense and Security
Friday File: The Iran Debate Heats Up

An Iranian military base is seen near the town of Bid Kaneh in this satellite image taken on September 9, 2011. (GeoEye via Google Earth/ISIS/courtesy Reuters) Above the Fold. The political debate o…

military base is seen near the town of Bid Kaneh, in Iran, in this satellite image taken on September 9, 2011, and released by the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) to Reuters on December 2, 2011. ISIS released a commercial satellite image of the military compound where a large explosion occurred on November 12, 2011. Compared to an earlier picture of the site as shown here, an image taken on November 22, 2011 shows that most of the buildings on the compound appear extensively damaged. MANDATORY CREDIT - GEOEYE REUTERS/GeoEye via Google Earth/ISIS/Handout
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

June 23, 2020

United Kingdom
Who Should Benefit From Private American and British Reparations for Slavery?

The movement against anti-black racism has made reparations an important element of the conversation on race relations, both in the United States and in Europe. Those who suffered should benefit from reparations, including those in post-colonial states.

A man wearing a bike helmet and holding his bike takes pictures with his phone of the pedestal that formerly held a statue of Edward Colston. In the background is the structure on which the statue was held, with bronze statues and with a black lives matter sign visible.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

December 30, 2019

Global
Ten American Foreign Policy Notables Who Died in 2019

As 2019 comes to a close, here are ten influential U.S. foreign policy figures who passed away this year. 

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Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

January 14, 2021

Uganda
The World Should Not Look Away From Uganda's Undemocratic Elections

On January 14, Uganda will hold national elections, an exercise that is shaping up to be more of an opportunity for the incumbent, President Yoweri Museveni, to demonstrate the repressive power of the state

A man walks past a painting on the wall of the Ugandan electoral commission compound in Kampala, Uganda January 13, 2021
Blog Post by Michelle Gavin Africa in Transition