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June 26, 2015

Sub-Saharan Africa
President Buhari to Visit the United States

The White House announced on June 25 that President Obama will host Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari in Washington, D.C. on July 20. The White House statement notes that both presidents will be ac…

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Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

July 27, 2020

Southeast Asia
Elections Have Consequences in Singapore Too

Meredith Weiss is professor and chair of political science in the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy of the University at Albany, SUNY. As anticipated, the incumbent People’s Action …

Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong waves as he arrives at a People's Action Party branch office, as ballots are being counted during the general election, in Singapore on July 11, 2020.
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Asia Unbound Asia Unbound

June 6, 2016

International Organizations
Let the Sunshine in: Increasing Transparency in UN Elections

The following is a guest post by Megan Roberts, associate director of the International Institutions and Global Governance program at the Council on Foreign Relations. Sunlight is the best disinfect…

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Blog Post by Guest Blogger for the Internationalist The Internationalist

July 12, 2013

United States
Middle East Matters This Week: Upheaval in Egypt and Syria

Significant Developments Egypt. The Muslim Brotherhood vowed today to continue resisting the army’s July 3 ouster of President Mohammad Morsi. The Brotherhood issued its call one day after the milit…

Egypt's Defense Minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by Robert Danin Middle East Matters

April 9, 2013

Health
Coughing Dragon, Sneezing Elephant: China, India, and Global Health Governance

The recent H7N9 flu scare in China has shown once again that we live in “an epidemiologically interdependent world.”

H1N1 in China
Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick The Internationalist