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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 21, 2008
South Africa
A Conversation with Jacob Zuma
After the forced resignation of South African president Thabo Mbeki in September, and the subsequent departure of several cabinet members, Kgalema Motlanthe was sworn in as South Africa's interim pre…
November 20, 2008
Trade
The African Growth and Opportunity Act
The African Growth and Opportunity Act has boosted U.S.-Africa trade and is viewed favorably by economists. But experts say African states must build trade capacity to benefit fully.
September 10, 2014
Brazil
A Presidential Protest Vote in Brazil?
With the economy in recession, public infrastructure projects lagging, and last year’s protests still resonating, the public mood in Brazil is far less optimistic than when Dilma Rousseff rose to the…
April 22, 2010
China
China’s Friends Indeed?
Photo courtesy of REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker Back in December, I argued on this blog that the United States (in both the Bush and Obama administrations) had positioned itself squarely at the center of e…
June 3, 2010
United States
CFR Board of Directors Appoints Gideon Rose Next Editor of Foreign Affairs
Gideon Rose, managing editor of Foreign Affairs for a decade, has been appointed by the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) Board of Directors to be the next editor of the magazine. He will assume the…