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April 12, 2018

Digital Policy
Cyber Week in Review: April 13, 2018

This week: Mark Zuckerberg testifies before Congress, internet connections severed in West Africa, and Germany and the United Kingdom call out Russian cyber operations. 

Zuck

June 7, 2016

Sub-Saharan Africa
South Africa’s Land "Expropriation Bill"

There is less than meets the eye to the South African parliament’s passage at the end of May of a land reform bill, called the “Expropriation Bill.” Ostensibly, the new legislation has some similarit…

Islamist Terrorism in SA

May 25, 2018

Cybersecurity
Cyber Week in Review: May 25, 2018

This week: GDPR enters into force, CFIUS reform, a UK cabinet minister outlines the law applicable to cyberspace, and sinkholing a Russian botnet. 

Zuck-EU

February 7, 2013

Economics
The Fed, Credit Bubbles, and Exit

Jeremy Stein’s speech  today–“Overheating in Credit Markets:  Origins, Measurement, and Policy Responses”–provides valuable insight on the issue of credit bubbles that could result as a consequence o…

December 18, 2012

Sub-Saharan Africa
South Africa’s Zuma Sweeps ANC Convention, but Fundamental Dilemmas Unresolved

Jacob Zuma was re-elected as the African National Congress (ANC) party president and Cyril Ramaphosa the deputy president. They won by large margins. So, too, did Executive Committee candidates who s…

 South Africa's President Zuma celebrates his re-election as party President alongside newly-elected party Deputy President Ramaphosa and re-elected Chairperson Mbete at the National Conference of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) in Bloemfontein 18/12/2012.