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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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March 5, 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa
South Africa’s "Bad Boy" Expelled from Ruling Party
It is no surprise that the African National Congress (ANC) expelled from the party Julius Malema, the radical former head of the ANC Youth League. Once an ally of incumbent president Jacob Zuma, and …
March 14, 2012
Wonk Writing Today
In his excellent book published in 1999, Disarming Strangers: Nuclear Diplomacy with North Korea, Leon Sigal chronicles the Clinton administration’s confrontation with Pyongyang over its nuclear prog…
March 30, 2012
Defense and Security
Friday File: Obama’s Open Mic Gaffe
Above the Fold. President Obama got himself into hot water this week when he was overhead telling Russian president Dmitri Medvedev he would have “more flexibility” on issues like missile defense aft…
May 8, 2012
Nigeria
Guest Post: West African Religion in the United States
This is a guest post by Jim Sanders, a career, now retired, West Africa watcher for various federal agencies. The views expressed below are his personal views and do not reflect those of his former e…
September 28, 2012
Middle East and North Africa
Who Will Speak Up for Lebanon?
Lebanon’s sovereignty and its territorial integrity were for decades violated by Syria, during the years of Syrian occupation: 1976 to 2005. After the occupation ended, the Assad regime in Syria cont…