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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 16, 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa
Will Wade Be Humiliated in the Senegal Presidential Run-off?
Senegal’s constitution requires that a presidential candidate receive fifty percent of the total votes or face a run-off. Incumbent president Abdoulaye Wade received only thirty-five percent of the v…
March 22, 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa
Senegal’s Presidential Runoff
In a previous blog, I stated that the date of Senegal’s presidential runoff would be Sunday, March 18. This is only partially incorrect; civilians will vote on March 25. But President Wade allowed S…
March 23, 2012
Defense and Security
The World Next Week: Arab League Meets and Obama Visits Korea
The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed the Arab League summit in Baghdad; President Obama’s visit to the Denuclearized Military Zone (DMZ) on the Korean Peninsula as part of h…
March 26, 2012
Human Rights
Bravo Senegal!
Yesterday Senegal went to the polls and struck a powerful blow on behalf of democracy in Africa and in the Islamic world. President Abdoulaye Wade has held power for twelve years, and changed the co…
March 26, 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa
Senegal’s Elections are Good News
A week following the dark news of a military coup in Mali, Senegal’s presidential runoff is profoundly encouraging for African democrats. Incumbent president Abdoulaye Wade has conceded to, and congr…
