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International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.
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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…
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.
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.
July 1, 2020
Senegal
How Remittances From Petit Senegal, a Diaspora Community in New York City, Build Wealth Abroad
The African diaspora sends more money to Africa than U.S. foreign aid and foreign direct investment. Petit Senegal is filled with thriving, tax-paying businesses owned and operated Africans, whose remittances fund investments in communities back home.
May 14, 2019
China
Smart Competition: Adapting U.S. Strategy Toward China at 40 Years
On virtually every front—from trade and investment to technology and innovation—it has become clear that the U.S.-China relationship has entered a new, increasingly contentious period marked more by …
