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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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June 25, 2018
International Organizations
AIIB: Is the Chinese-led Development Bank a Role Model?
The following is a guest post from Tamar Gutner, associate professor of international relations at American University’s School of International Service, who is writing a book about the birth and des…
January 14, 2021
Uganda
The World Should Not Look Away From Uganda's Undemocratic Elections
On January 14, Uganda will hold national elections, an exercise that is shaping up to be more of an opportunity for the incumbent, President Yoweri Museveni, to demonstrate the repressive power of the state
March 20, 2015
Europe and Eurasia
Financing a New Ukraine
Ukrainian Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko discusses her country’s economy, including its ambitious reform agenda and recent International Monetary Fund package.
November 26, 2013
Nigeria
Nigeria’s Sani Abacha: Where is the Loot?
The head of Nigeria’s last military government was Sani Abacha. Abacha, who was in power from 1993 to 1998 and who died under suspicious circumstances in 1998, is commonly regarded as Nigeria’s most …
February 12, 2018
Women and Women's Rights
Women’s Economic Opportunity Starts in the Family
Today nearly 90 percent of nations still have laws on the books that block women’s work, including discriminatory laws and customs surrounding family life that perpetuate unequal access to assets and…
