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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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January 19, 2015
Iran
Argentina and Iran: The Strange Death of Alberto Nisman
Today in Buenos Aires, Alberto Nisman was found dead. Who was he and why does it matter? Nisman was the official charged with investigating the 1994 bombing of the Jewish community center in Buenos…
March 30, 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa
South Africa’s Apartheid Museums
Over last weekend, my research associate, Asch Harwood, and I visited two of South Africa’s best known apartheid museums, the Apartheid Museum, between Johannesburg and Soweto, and the Hector Pieters…
June 8, 2015
Mexico
Mexico’s Midterm Elections
Yesterday, Mexicans headed to the polls to vote for 500 federal deputies, 17 state legislatures, 9 governors, and more than 300 mayors. Corruption and security dominated many local discussions. And b…
April 3, 2017
Americas
International Pressure on the Maduro Regime
The Venezuelan constitutional chamber’s decision last week to dissolve the National Assembly has made it abundantly clear that Maduro’s Venezuela is an authoritarian regime. The judiciary is at the b…
December 20, 2011
Human Rights
Guest Post: Guatemala’s Ex-President Asks About Genocide Trial
Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt leaves the public prosecutor’s office in Guatemala City (Jorge Lopez/Courtesy Reuters). This is a guest post by Natalie Kitroeff, a res…
