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September 20, 2023

Ireland
A Conversation With Taoiseach Leo Varadkar of Ireland

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar discusses Ireland’s priorities at the United Nations, including its commitment to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the European response to the war in Ukraine, and updates…

Play Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in front of the European flag

February 16, 2024

United Kingdom
Moving Past the Troubles: The Future of Northern Ireland Peace

The Good Friday Agreement has dampened sectarian conflict and brought stability to Northern Ireland, but the peace deal has been challenged by Brexit-related border tensions that have thrown the regi…

A peace mural adorns a building in a loyalist neighborhood of Belfast

October 2, 2012

Development
Emerging Voices: Ben Leo on Polling the World’s Poor for a Post-2015 Development Agenda

Emerging Voices features contributions from scholars and practitioners highlighting new research, thinking, and approaches to development challenges. This article is from Ben Leo, the global policy d…

somali_women_sewing_employment_MDG_2015

December 8, 2023

Cybersecurity
Cyber Week in Review: December 8, 2023

Brazilian official uses ChatGPT to write law; U.S. healthcare regulators propose AI rule; IBM and Meta launch AI Alliance; EU member-states negotiate on AI Act; UK attributes Calisto threat actor to …

Members of the EU Parliament sit in the hemicycle during a plenary session at the European Parliament in Starsbourg, France

September 5, 2019

Climate Change
Fires in the Amazon, Elections Across Russia, and More

South American leaders convene to discuss the recent fires in the Amazon, Russia holds local and regional elections, and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar …

Podcast A man advocates for free and fair elections in Moscow.

February 2, 2021

Nigeria
Nigerian President Buhari Shuffles Military Service Chiefs

President Buhari's January 26 announcement that he has fired all four of his military service chiefs will be welcomed by his critics. His new appointments appear to be of high quality in terms of official announcements about their background.

Major General Leo Irabor, then-commander of the Nigerian military's operation against Islamist insurgency Boko Haram, is seated while speaking to the media. He is wearing camouflage, military fatigues with a hat. A flag is on a flagpole over his right shoulder.