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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 12, 2021
Central America
Making Anti-Corruption Reforms Stick in the Northern Triangle
The Biden administration made a bold commitment to support the region’s prosecutors in their fight against impunity. But corrupt courts, business associations, and legislatures could derail the progr…
April 24, 2017
Military Operations
How the Pentagon Announces Killing Terrorists Versus Civilians
This blog post was coauthored with my research associate, Jennifer Wilson. Last week, the U.S. military announced an accomplishment that has come to define progress in the war on terrorism—the de…
February 6, 2020
Americas
Why Can’t Central America Curb Corruption?
Pervasive corruption has long stymied development and fueled emigration from some of Central America’s poorest countries. The recent disbanding of antigraft commissions makes their prospects for refo…
July 27, 2022
North Korea
What to Know About Sanctions on North Korea
World powers continue to punish North Korea with economic sanctions, but the pressure has so far failed to push Pyongyang toward denuclearization.
June 12, 2018
North Korea
The North Korea Nuclear Agreement and Human Rights
The agreement between President Trump and Kim Jong Un may be the start of denuclearization, or another failed effort brought down by North Korean cheating. But if the United States and North Korea ar…
