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April 13, 2012

Sub-Saharan Africa
If Nigeria Is So Rich, Why Are Nigerians So Poor?

Femi Awoyemi, in a lucid and thoughtful article in the April 5 Leadership (Abuja) highlights that more than ninety percent of Nigeria’s population is poor "and exists largely at the mercy of fate." I…

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Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

August 13, 2014

International Law
Extracting Justice: Battling Corruption in Resource-Rich Africa

Coauthored with Isabella Bennett, assistant director of the International Institutions and Global Governance program. Last week, when more than forty heads of state met in Washington for the U.S.-Af…

Local residents' clothes dry over the gas pipelines running through the Eleme community near the city of Port Harcourt, a major Nigerian oil hub in the country's southeast.
Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick The Internationalist

September 14, 2006

Emerging Markets
Poor countries financing rich countries watch

Table 1.2 of Chapter 1 of the WEO makes one thing abundantly clear.  When the IMF talks about the need for investors to “increase the share of their portfolios in US assets for many years” (p.16) in …

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

July 31, 2012

Franklin Williams Fall Internship Opportunity

Franklin Williams Fall Internship Opportunity Are you a college student interested in learning more about the foreign policy field? Do you know someone who is? If so, consider applying to the Frankl…

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

January 17, 2024

Taiwan
China Responds to Taiwan’s Presidential Election: Is Beijing Biding Its Time?

China’s initial response to William Lai’s victory in Taiwan’s presidential election was relatively restrained but it will likely exert more pressure on Taiwan in the coming months. 

Taiwan President-elect William Lai waves to supporters at a rally following his victory in the presidential election, in Taipei, Taiwan.
Blog Post by David Sacks Asia Unbound

May 21, 2012

Politics and Government
Review: ’The Dictator’s Learning Curve’ by William Dobson

The ongoing uprisings in the Arab world, as well as transformations in Myanmar and several other closed countries, have led to predictions that we are in the beginnings of a global Fourth Wave of dem…

In his new book, Dobson argues the Chinese Communist Party is one of several New Age autocratic regimes that justify oppressive rule with economic success. Pictured: Chinese President Hu Jintao. (Jason Lee/Courtesy Reuters)
Blog Post by Joshua Kurlantzick Asia Unbound