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January 5, 2011
Politics and GovernmentHouse Republican Leader Boehner during a press conference in Washington, DC, on November 18, 2010. (Yuri Gripas/Courtesy Reuters) John Boehner becomes the sixty-first Speaker of the House today, an…
March 11, 2016
EducationThere has been a great deal of ink spilled on the question of who or what is to blame for the meteoric rise of Donald Trump in the Republican Party. The alleged culprits include everything from wage …
August 28, 2018
United StatesIn the course of my career I've had the great privilege of working for Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson and knowing John McCain, two of the most consequential senators of the last seventy-five years. And the…
September 20, 2018
Sub-Saharan AfricaThe Trump administration has announced that it plans to reduce refugee admissions to the United States next year from 45,000 to 30,000. This would be the lowest ceiling for refugee admissions since 1…
September 18, 2018
NigeriaEducation in Nigeria is in dire straits, and many Nigerians are acutely aware and concerned. At present, Nigeria has the highest percentage in the world of children not enrolled in school, and it is much higher in the south of the country than in the north. Overall, the UN Human Development Index ranks Nigeria 152nd out of 188 countries.
September 17, 2018
NigeriaThis update represents violence in Nigeria and related to Boko Haram in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger between September 8 to September 14.
September 13, 2018
ChinaWith 700 million pigs, China has about half of the world’s swine population, which makes up their primary source of protein. African Swine Flu is almost 100 percent fatal to pigs, is highly infectious, and there is no vaccination against it.
September 12, 2018
MaliSub-Saharan Africa is urbanizing at the fastest rate in the world.
March 23, 2018
United StatesThe president has selected the nation’s premier champion of a narrow, defensive, and ultimately self-defeating approach to the U.S. role in the world.
September 11, 2018
International Criminal CourtNational Security Advisor John Bolton criticized the International Criminal Court (ICC) in a speech before the Federalist Society. Adjunct Senior Fellow for International and National Security Law Jo…
