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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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February 21, 2006
Emerging Markets
Frederick Kempe of the Wall Street Journal gets an awful lot of things wrong
As, I suspect, does Joseph Quinlan of the Bank of America- the source of much of Kempe's analysis. Kempe's core argument: consumers in emerging markets are driving global demand. His eviden…
July 12, 2011
Thailand
The U.S. Response to Thailand’s Election
Thailand's Prime Minister-elect Yingluck Shinawatra (L) poses for photographers as she gives United States ambassador to Thailand Kristie Kenney a bouquet of flowers ahead of U.S. Independence Day ce…
October 9, 2019
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Origins of African States, and Their Names
An article on the origins of the names of African countries was recently published in Quartz. It includes a map of the continent in 1885, shortly after the Berlin Conference. Portuguese and Arabic traders and explorers are the origins of some names, European mispronunciation of tribal names are the origins of others.
September 9, 2011
Thailand
Wikileaks and Southeast Asia
Founder of WikiLeaks Julian Assange smiles as he arrives for his extradition hearing at Belmarsh Magistrates' Court in east London (Toby Melville/Courtesy Reuters). The recent releases of new batche…
February 5, 2021
Local and Traditional Leadership
Ethnic and Religious Violence Worsen in Kaduna
Kaduna is increasingly the epicenter of violence in Nigeria, rivaling Borno state, the home turf of Boko Haram. In rural areas, conflicts over water and land use are escalating, and Ansaru, a less prominent Islamist group, is active.
