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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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May 22, 2015
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Conflicting Messages of Jacob Zuma
This is a guest post by Cheryl Strauss Einhorn, a journalist and adjunct professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has denounced the ant…
November 10, 2016
Sub-Saharan Africa
South Africa’s Jacob Zuma’s Nine Lives
The publication on November 2 of the South Africa Public Protector’s report on “state capture” by the president and his cronies, the Gupta family, would seem to indicate Jacob Zuma’s direct involveme…
February 14, 2018
South Africa
The Painful Exit of South Africa’s Jacob Zuma
Zuma is not out yet, but he will be by February 15. Today, Speaker of Parliament Baleka Mbete moved the motion of no confidence originally scheduled for February 22 to Thursday, February 15.
February 8, 2017
South Africa
Jacob Zuma and the State of the South African Nation
On February 9, President Jacob Zuma will deliver South Africa’s annual State of the Nation speech in parliament. The substance of the speech is likely to be a mixture of policy stability with calls f…
January 2, 2024
Radicalization and Extremism
God, Guns, and Sedition
A riveting exploration of the current state of far-right terrorism in the United States—and recommendations to stop its rise.
February 9, 2016
Sub-Saharan Africa
Jacob Zuma and South Africa’s Constitution
The South African government spent about $24 million on “security upgrades” to President Jacob Zuma’s private estate, Nkandla. Those “security upgrades” included a swimming pool, a chicken run, and a…
