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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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March 23, 2017
Sub-Saharan Africa
Helen Zille’s Colonialism Controversy
Helen Zille is the premier of the Western Cape and a former leader of South Africa’s official opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA). A former journalist and anti-apartheid activist of German…
May 15, 2017
Japan
Helen Hardacre: Political Realignment Among Japan’s Religions
Shinto priests walk in a line to attend a ritual to usher in the upcoming New Year at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo, Japan on December 31, 2016 (REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon).
April 18, 2013
Sub-Saharan Africa
New From CFR: Helen Clark on the 2013 Human Development Report
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGbRgvDFtAs&feature=player_embedded In a CFR meeting this week, Helen Clark, administrator of the United Nations Development Program, discussed the newly released 2013…
January 8, 2014
Sub-Saharan Africa
Could Lagos Be a Model for the Developing World?
Seth D. Kaplan, writing in the opinion pages of the January 7 New York Times, observes that by 2015, half the world’s population living on less than $1.25 a day will reside in fragile states. These p…
February 14, 2011
China
Beware the Strategic Consequences of Slashing International Climate Assistance
The Obama administration budget request for FY2012 is out. The contrast with the House Republican alternative is stark. Nowhere is this more clear than in funding for international climate change act…