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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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February 29, 2012
United States
North Korean Nuclear Weapons Program: The Latest
Today, the State Department surprised North Korea watchers with the following announcement: “The DPRK has agreed to implement a moratorium on long-range missile launches, nuclear tests and nuclear a…
January 2, 2007
Economics
Interesting factoid (at least to me)
Dennis Berman reports (in his January 2 c1 Wall Street Journal column) that, according to Standards and Poors, "companies bought back $327 billion of their own shares, more money than they spent inve…
September 20, 2013
Energy and Environment
What Africa Needs to Succeed
In the early 2000s, Africa’s future seemed grim. The Economist’s May 13, 2000 cover declared “Africa: The Hopeless Continent.” But over a decade later, when The Economist again devoted a feature stor…
September 18, 2020
Nigeria
Boko Haram Arms Stockpiling Indicates Long-Term Threat
States and organizations that contribute troops, military equipment, money, and political support for ongoing efforts to counter Boko Haram need to reassess their current approaches to combatting the threat. The United States has an important role to play
September 9, 2021
Nigeria
Boko Haram Capture of Military Equipment Fuels Lake Chad Insurgency
A new report shows that the quantities of lethal materiel seized by Boko Haram from state stockpiles are astonishingly high, and the range of weapon systems lost is worryingly extensive. The diversion of contingent-owned equipment (COE)—that is, government-owned materiel—from the four Lake Chad Basin countries participating in and alongside the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) has occurred on a level unprecedented on the African continent.
