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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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February 4, 2005
Zimbabwe
AFRICA: Mugabe’s Zimbabwe
This publication is now archived. What’s the current situation in Zimbabwe?President Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s leader since independence in 1980, maintains his grip on power. Under his rule, the coun…
September 30, 2013
Nuclear Weapons
The Six Party Talks on North Korea’s Nuclear Program
China’s recent push to renew the Six Party Talks, stalled since 2008, has raised hopes for progress on the peninsula despite worries that Pyongyang may have restarted its old nuclear reactor.
January 25, 2008
Russia
G8’s Gradual Move toward Post-Kyoto Climate Change Policy
G8 members offer a mixed picture on meeting Kyoto Protocol targets. The United States continues to refuse ratification.
May 29, 2012
China
Uighurs and China’s Xinjiang Region
As China continues to transform its economy, rising tensions and spates of violence within its primarily Muslim Uighur community is causing regional instability both internally and with Pakistan.
November 5, 2008
Democracy
A Tribal Strategy for Afghanistan
As military leaders in Washington revise their war strategy for Afghanistan, analysts say enlisting Afghan tribesmen could aid in security. Others warn that what helped stabilize Iraq may play very d…