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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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April 19, 2017
Financial Markets
Politics in Jacob Zuma's South Africa
In this episode of Africa in Transition, John Campbell and Allen Grane catch up with Simon Freemantle, senior political economist at Standard Bank Research. Recorded days before President Jacob Zuma'…
October 24, 2017
China
Podcast: Global Cities, Global Challenges
Los Angeles is the quintessential horizontal city with 915 miles of sprawling freeways and highways. Hong Kong’s astronomical real estate prices have led to a severe housing crisis. Cities in mainlan…
November 23, 2022
International Organizations
A Troubled Cup for the Beautiful Game
The 2022 FIFA World Cup has kicked off in Qatar, and billions of fans worldwide are tuning in to the world’s most popular live event. And yet as in years past, the Qatar Cup is transpiring under the …
December 20, 2022
Global Governance
Another Year of Living Dangerously
In 2022, several colossal events dominated the headlines, most prominently the war in Ukraine and the worldwide inflation that it helped spark. But beyond Ukraine, events with global implications con…
March 9, 2023
United Kingdom
UK-France Summit, 3 Years of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Foreign Films at the Oscars, and More
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak meets with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris to discuss migration, trade, security, and other issues; the world enters the fourth year since the World Health Org…
