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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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July 31, 2020
Media
Five Foreign-Policy Movies Worth Watching About Journalists
Each Friday this summer, we suggest foreign-policy-themed movies worth watching. This week: films that feature journalists.
October 11, 2019
United States
Happy 244th Birthday to the U.S. Navy!
The U.S. Navy turns 244 years-old this weekend. On October 13, 1775, the Continental Congress commissioned two ships, each with eighty sailors, “for intercepting such transports as may be laden with …
November 2, 2016
Sub-Saharan Africa
The “K-word” in South Africa and Proposed New Penalties Against Hate Speech
Following the social media circulation of a video in which a white woman lashes out at black police officers using racial slurs, the Zuma administration is proposing harsher penalties against hate sp…
January 27, 2016
Sub-Saharan Africa
South African Icon Disillusioned with Ruling Party Leadership
On January 24, in London, UK Prime Minister David Cameron honored Nelson Mandela’s three surviving co-defendants at the 1964 Rivonia trial. They were Denis Goldberg, Ahmad Kathrada, and Andrew Mlange…
January 15, 2016
China
Friday Asia Update: Five Stories From the Week of January 15, 2016
Rachel Brown, Lincoln Davidson, Ariella Rotenberg, Gabriel Walker, and James West look at five stories from Asia this week. 1. Taiwan takes to the polls. Tomorrow, the island’s citizens will choose …
