Why seeming democratic progress has failed to staunch agitation for self-determination in Nigeria.

Tensions in the U.S.-South Africa relationship only heighten as both countries head towards national elections. 

In justifying his decision to renounce the Paris climate agreement, President Donald Trump on Thursday cited the need to defend U.S. sovereignty. This is a red herring if ever there was one. 

Despite the host of unknowns muddling the crisis at the Russia-Ukraine border, the situation does clearly expose how countries manipulate a bedrock principle of the state-based international system t…