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International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.
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December 15, 2015
Sub-Saharan Africa
The South African Roller Coaster
On December 10, President Jacob Zuma fired Nhlanhla Nene, the well regarded finance minister, and replaced him with the unknown and inexperienced David van Rooven. Though Zuma is not required by the …
August 24, 2016
Sub-Saharan Africa
The New Architecture of South African Politics
Following the governing African National Congress’s (ANC) decline in the August 3 municipal elections, in effect a referendum on the scandal plagued administration of President Jacob Zuma, South Afri…
April 7, 2017
South Africa
The Morning After in South Africa
For now, Jacob Zuma has succeeded in defeating his rivals for the leadership of the African National Congress (ANC) and an upcoming parliamentary vote of no-confidence will likely fail. The intra-par…
April 20, 2016
Global Governance
So You Want to Be a Global Power: South Africa’s Ambitions on the World Stage
The following is a guest post by Naomi Egel, research associate in the International Institutions and Global Governance program. As a member of the BRICS, a leader in African peacekeeping, and an as…
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…
