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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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October 28, 2016
Venezuela
How Venezuela Got Into This Mess
[This post was co-authored with John Polga-Hecimovich*] By the end of 2017, the Venezuelan economy will likely be less than three-quarters of its 2013 size. Inflation is set to increase from 700 p…
October 9, 2007
Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Kiriakou: Afghanistan ’A Mess’
John Kiriakou, a former CIA anti-terrorism official based in Pakistan, says the situation in Afghanistan has worsened in the past couple of years and life in Kabul has become much more perilous.
July 9, 2013
Rule of Law
Emerging Voices: Ruth Canagarajah on Post-War Land Grabs in Sri Lanka
Emerging Voices features contributions from scholars and practitioners highlighting new research, thinking, and approaches to development challenges. This article is from Ruth Canagarajah, a Fulbrigh…
November 17, 2020
Israel
Biden Can Clean Up Trump's Israeli-Palestinian Policy Mess, But Can He Broker Peace?
The president-elect knows only too well the failures of all the presidents who preceded him, and the hardening of positions that's occurred on both sides.
August 6, 2015
Sub-Saharan Africa
Cleaning up the Mess at the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation
The Natural Resource Governance Institute, a New York-based think tank and advocacy organization, has issued a must-read report, Inside NNPC Oil Sales: A Case for Reform in Nigeria. The authors are A…
