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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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May 12, 2006
Bolivia
Bolivia’s Nationalization of Oil and Gas
In a region seen as turning leftward, forging alliances would seem a natural course of events. But Bolivian President Evo Morales’ decision to nationalize the oil and gas industry is exposing tension…
February 10, 2017
The Future of Lava Jato and Brazil’s Reform Agenda
The tragic January airplane crash that killed Justice Teori Zavascki, a member of Brazil’s highest court (the Supremo Tribunal Federal, STF), has given President Michel Temer an opportunity to seize …
January 7, 2014
Sub-Saharan Africa
Who Will Shape Nigeria’s Elite Politics in 2014?
Emmanuel Aziken has written a thoughtful analysis of some of the major political players in his article on December 30 in Vanguard. His pick: President Goodluck Jonathan, speaker of the House of Repr…
December 28, 2017
Nigeria
Nigeria Is Not Corrupt, Nigerians Are Corrupt
Changes to law and institutions will come later, but it starts with people. Unless Nigerians choose to stop participating in and enabling corruption, the country will not move forward.
January 29, 2014
Sub-Saharan Africa
More Muslims “Deported” from Southern Nigeria?
Earlier this week I blogged on the arrest of 320 Muslim traders of northern origin in Rivers state on allegations that they were “Boko Haram.” According to the media, the traders had lived in Rivers …
