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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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November 17, 2023
United States
Campaign Roundup: What Americans Think About China
Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This week: What Americans think about China.
June 25, 2023
China
Did Prigozhin Just Save Taiwan?
Might the revolt by Yevgeny Prigozhin and the Wagner group teach Xi Jinping the lesson that invasions are too uncertain and risky, and lead him away from invading Taiwan?
December 1, 2022
South Africa
A Fresh Start Eludes South Africa
The South African President tried to focus his country on the future, but the past–including his own–continues to intrude.
January 31, 2022
Liberia
Jail Term for Former Liberian Defense Minister Offers Ray of Hope to Anti-Corruption Forces in Africa
Last week, the Liberian Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of a lower court which ordered the imprisonment of former Liberian Defense Minister Brownie Jeffrey Samukai Jr., for two years. A one-time deputy minister in the country’s Ministry of National Defense, Samukai was former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s pick to head the ministry when the latter took over the reins as president in January 2006.
January 10, 2022
Ethiopia
Ethiopia Conflict Dynamics Shift as New U.S. Envoy Takes Over
The Biden administration is trying to capitalize on positive trends in Ethiopia as it transitions from Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman, whose resignation was announced last week, to his successor, David Satterfield.
