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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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December 1, 2022
China
Jiang Zemin Put China’s Economic Opening Into Practice
Many Chinese people who grew up in the 1990s will not only remember Jiang Zemin for overseeing China’s entry into the World Trade Organization but also for introducing them to the film Titanic.
December 14, 2017
South Africa
In a Display of Judicial Independence, South African Court Denies Zuma, Again
The High Court ruled in early December against President Jacob Zuma on the eve of the ANC national conference in what is likely to be a blow to his chosen successor, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.
November 28, 2022
Political Transitions
Fathers and Sons
A looming crisis of succession in several African countries indicates a troubling persistence of ego-driven political paternalism.
March 4, 2021
Territorial Disputes
Diplomatic Dithering Over Western Sahara Bodes Ill for Other African Disputes
On December 10, 2020, then President Donald Trump tweeted that because “Morocco recognized the United States in 1777,” the U.S. should return the favor by recognizing “[Moroccan] sovereignty over the Western Sahara.”
May 14, 2019
Saudi Arabia
Oil Sabotage Might Seem Like Small Potatoes, But Underlying Geopolitical Problems Are Not
The United States keeps signaling that it has hard power. Most recently, the United States made known that it was deploying additional ships, the USS Abraham Lincoln and USS Arlington, to the Middle …
