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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 6, 2013
Sub-Saharan Africa
Nelson Mandela and American Hopes
In an Expert’s Brief I published yesterday, I reflected on Nelson Mandela’s achievements as the father of the democratic, non-racial South Africa that replaced the odious and repressive apartheid sta…
June 28, 2013
Sub-Saharan Africa
President Obama in Africa: Nelson Mandela’s Illness
President Obama met Nelson Mandela in 2005, when he was a senator from Illinois and speaks of him with glowing terms. Many Africans and Americans had hoped that the president’s trip to Africa would p…
September 5, 2013
Sub-Saharan Africa
Nelson Mandela Returns Home from Hospital
On September 1, Nelson Mandela was released from the hospital after an eighty-nine day stay and returned to his Johannesburg house. According to the presidency, Mandela’s condition “remains critical …
December 10, 2014
Sub-Saharan Africa
Nelson Mandela and the Land Question in South Africa
A year after the death of Nelson Mandela, his reputation for reconciliation is undiminished. However, a more rounded evaluation of his career is emerging, one that takes into account the difficult ch…
February 7, 2012
South Africa
Lessons Learned: Nelson Mandela’s Release from Prison
Nelson Mandela's release from prison has lessons for understanding international relations today.