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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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March 7, 2016
Global Governance
Headed South: Jacob Zuma Leads South Africa toward the Precipice
—Johannesburg, March 6 South Africa is in the grips of its most serious economic and political crisis since 1994, when the country elected its first post-apartheid government under Nelson Mandela. T…
November 20, 2015
Political Transitions
Guest Post: Obama, Don’t Cross the Rubicon in Syria
Bogdan Belei is an intern in the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations. On his way to Rome in 49 BCE, Julius Caesar paused before crossing the Rubicon. With only a single …
August 3, 2011
Politics and Government
Jacob Zuma’s Political Challenges
British Prime Minister David Cameron talks with South African President Jacob Zuma (R) as they attend a media conference in Pretoria in this handout picture, July 18, 2011. (Ho New/Courtesy Reuters) …
October 31, 2011
Politics and Government
Lindiwe Mazibuko and South Africa’s Democractic Alliance
A woman walks past election posters of the African National Congress (ANC) and the official opposition party Democratic Alliance (DA) in Soweto May 9, 2011. (Siphiwe Sibeko/Courtesy Reuters) The Dem…
October 30, 2019
Election 2020
Meet Bill Weld, Republican Presidential Candidate
Update: Bill Weld announced on March 18, 2020, that he was ending his campaign. Bill Weld was the first Republican to officially announce he would challenge Donald Trump for the Republican presid…
