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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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October 28, 2016
China
Bringing International Pressure To Bear on Nicolás Maduro
[This post was co-authored with John Polga-Hecimovich*. It is the third of a series that begins with this post.] The collapse in Venezuela has many potential costs: democratic regression in Latin Am…
January 6, 2017
China
Chinese Ivory, Google in India, Philippine Jailbreak, and More
Rachel Brown, Sherry Cho, Lorand Laskai, Gabriella Meltzer, and Gabriel Walker look at five stories from Asia this week. 1. The world reacts to China’s ivory ban. Following a resolution at the Conve…
April 16, 2023
Mexico
Back to the Future in U.S.-Mexican Relations
Human rights and the rule of law in Mexico are under siege. It would be a grave error for the United States to believe that its only interests there are trade and border security, and do not include …
May 26, 2015
Cuba
Castro 200, Obama 0: While Talks Continue, Beatings Continue
When President Obama junked 60 years of U.S. foreign policy to seek a rapprochement with the Castro regime in Cuba, he was aware that he would be accused of ignoring human rights. After all, the Obam…
November 12, 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa
African Elections Merely “a False Veneer of Legitimacy?”
The Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) has rolled out a new report by the Global Commission on Elections, Democracy and Security, “Deepening Democracy: A Strategy for Improving t…
