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March 2, 2023

United States
The State of U.S. Strategic Stockpiles

President Joe Biden has tapped the nation’s emergency reserves several times over the past year. The Strategic National Stockpile is just one of the reserves that the United States maintains for econ…

Members of the Oklahoma National Guard Oklahoma National Guard walk toward the front of the Strategic National Stockpile Warehouse after unloading medical supplies.
Backgrounder by Anshu Siripurapu and Noah Berman Renewing America

October 9, 2019

Sub-Saharan Africa
The Origins of African States, and Their Names

An article on the origins of the names of African countries was recently published in Quartz. It includes a map of the continent in 1885, shortly after the Berlin Conference. Portuguese and Arabic traders and explorers are the origins of some names, European mispronunciation of tribal names are the origins of others.

A bird flies in front of Mount Kenya on the horizon in Laikipia national park, Kenya.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

June 28, 2022

Technology and Innovation
Artificial Intelligence’s Environmental Costs and Promise

Artificial intelligence has been cited as a potential tool for combatting climate change. Technology companies, however, need to do more to prevent AI from becoming a source of environmental degradat…

Elon Musk stands in front of an all red background while holding a microphone with the tesla logo emblazoned on it.
Blog Post by Elsabet Jones and Baylee Easterday Net Politics

January 12, 2017

Development
Boosting Women’s Participation in the Economy in Emerging Markets

Drawing on more than a decade of experience researching emerging economies in Asia, Kalpana Kochhar will discuss gender equalities inhibiting economic growth, as well as strategies for removing struc…

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Event by Kaplana Kochhar and Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Women and Foreign Policy Program

June 23, 2020

Corruption
Why Governance Matters in the Time of COVID-19

Transparency, accountability, and trust matter now more than ever.

Demonstrators take part in a protest against Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro as they maintain social distance in front of the National Congress, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Brasilia, Brazil.
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for the Internationalist The Internationalist