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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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June 13, 2023
United States
Meet Tim Scott, Republican Presidential Candidate
The U.S. senator from South Carolina is a candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
April 19, 2024
United States
Election 2024: Donald Trump Declines to Fight Aid to Ukraine
Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: Donald Trump has chosen to stand aside as the House of Representatives moves to vote on aid to Ukra…
March 8, 2022
Nigeria
Nigeria’s Struggle for Gender Equality Gathers Pace Amid Protests
Today’s announcement by the Nigerian lower legislative chamber partly rescinding last week’s decision to throw out of five key gender-equality bills is a significant victory for women’s rights advocates in the region. It is also evidence that well-coordinated political pressure by civil society organizations can produce real change.
October 14, 2011
Asia
Burma’s Reforms Gathering Pace
Police assist a newly released prisoner in the meeting hall of Insein Prison in Yangon. (Soe Zeya Tun/Courtesy Reuters) In the past week, the cautious reforms launched this summer and early fall by …
August 28, 2015
United States
Scott Walker’s Foreign Policy Speech
Gov. Scott Walker gave a major foreign policy speech today at The Citadel, and it contained some points worth noting. I’ll skip over some of the rhetoric and the criticism of Clinton and Obama, which…