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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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July 20, 2021
Western Sahara
Five Questions on the Western Sahara Peace Process
The following interview is with Fatma El Mehdi, one of eight negotiators in the Western Sahara peace process and a leader in the Sahrawi community.
January 4, 2023
Technology and Innovation
Internet Governance Doublespeak: Western Governments and the Open Internet
Western democracies have often referenced the idea of an open and free internet while advocating policies which undermine that goal. The West needs to recalibrate their messaging to account for these…
August 23, 2022
Immigration and Migration
Is Western Policy on Migration Holding Africa Back?
More than a generous immigration policy, Africa desperately needs help holding on to its precious human capital.
January 21, 2021
Nigeria
Western Media and Distortion of Nigeria's Chibok Kidnapping
Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, writing for the BBC, argues that Western media distorted the 2014 Boko Haram kidnapping of more than two hundred girls sitting for high school examinations.
March 4, 2021
Territorial Disputes
Diplomatic Dithering Over Western Sahara Bodes Ill for Other African Disputes
On December 10, 2020, then President Donald Trump tweeted that because “Morocco recognized the United States in 1777,” the U.S. should return the favor by recognizing “[Moroccan] sovereignty over the Western Sahara.”
