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April 5, 2019

Americas
Venezuelan Remittances Don’t Just Save Lives

Sadly, they also help keep the country’s repressive regime in power.

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro holds up a mock 100-bolivar bill depicting the president of the National Assembly Henry Ramos Allup, during a pro-government rally in Caracas, Venezuela December 17, 2016.
Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil Latin America Studies Program

October 19, 2011

Sub-Saharan Africa
Richard Joseph on Nigeria and Insecurity

Undated handout image courtesy of the U.S. Air Force shows a MQ-1 Predator unmanned aircraft. (Ho New/Courtesy Reuters) Richard Joseph, the John Evans professor of political science at Northwestern …

Richard Joseph on Nigeria and Insecurity
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

March 23, 2020

Public Health Threats and Pandemics
Global Leadership Is in Quarantine Just When It Is Needed Most

Contrasting the current pandemic with past crises underscores U.S. President Donald J. Trump's abdication of global leadership.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump, accompanied by Vice President Mike Pence, speaks into a microphone as he declares the coronavirus pandemic a national emergency.
Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick The Internationalist

August 25, 2015

Middle East and North Africa
Did Mahmoud Abbas Just Resign?

There’s a bit of confusion about the recent "resignation" of Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. What actually happened? Abbas wears three hats, as his predecessor and mentor Yasser Arafat did: head o…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

December 7, 2012

Russia
Corruption: More Than Just an African Reality

Transparency International has just issued its Corruption Perceptions Index 2012. The scale ranges from one hundred (“highly clean”) to zero (“highly corrupt.”) One hundred-sixty-seven countries were…

Protesters carry a mattress on the second day of a protest against a removal of fuel subsidies in Lagos 10/01/2012.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

March 3, 2016

Europe and Eurasia
CoCo Nuts Have Been Hammered, but the Market Is Doing Just Fine

  

CoCo Nuts Have Been Hammered, but the Market Is Doing Just Fine
Blog Post by Benn Steil and Emma Smith Geo-Graphics