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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 21, 2013
United States
68,000 Invisible Americans--or 21 Million?
There are now about 68,000 American troops in Afghanistan. Last year, more than 300 were killed and many more injured. Yet they did not earn a mention in President Obama’s Second Inaugural Address. …
January 18, 2012
Nigeria
Nigeria: Beyond the Fuel Subsidy
In the shameless promotion category, I did an article, “The End of Nigeria’s Strike May Not Calm Oil Markets,” that appeared Monday in the electronic version of Foreign Affairs. It looks at the demon…
January 26, 2010
China
Looking Back: Human Rights in 2009
Although it was buried amidst the past month’s news of the global financial crisis and Barack Obama’s struggles to maintain any political momentum, the global monitoring group Freedom House released …
January 6, 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa
#Occupy Nigeria
Anger at President Goodluck Jonathan’s elimination of the fuel subsidy appears to have united Nigerians in a way not seen for many years. There have been popular protests in virtually all of Nigeria’…
May 7, 2015
Iran
Reminders About Iran
During the three-month period between April 2 and June 30, Iran and the P5+1 are supposed to negotiate a comprehensive agreement about Iran’s nuclear program. The United States has been careful not t…