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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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November 13, 2017
Women and Economic Growth
A Conversation with Valerie Jarrett
I recently hosted a CFR roundtable meeting with Valerie Jarrett, senior advisor to the Obama Foundation, a board member of Lyft and Ariel Financial, and a senior advisor to the media company Attn. As…
June 18, 2021
Defense and Security
Anticipating Instability: The Untapped Potential of Women, Peace, and Security
This post was authored by Valerie M. Hudson, a University Distinguished Professor in The Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, and Brenda Oppermann, an associate profe…
March 8, 2012
Middle East and North Africa
R2P, R.I.P.
It was during Kofi Annan’s tenure as Secretary General of the United Nations (1997-2006) that the “Responsibility to Protect” became a major item on the international scene. That is no feather in hi…
February 13, 2013
Middle East and North Africa
Houses Demolished, Outcry Missing
The government demolishes some houses, saying that they were illegally built on public land. There is an international outcry. True or false? Here’s an account from 2010: Hamas police expelled Pale…
August 2, 2011
Sub-Saharan Africa
Somalia Famine Finally Captures the News Cycle
Eastern Africa: Drought-Humanitarian Snapshot, 29 July 2011 (Courtesy of UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs). A full pdf is available here: http://reliefweb.int/node/438043. Tod…
