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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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December 3, 2009
Middle East and North Africa
Beyond Trade: Economic Engagement with the Middle East
Watch Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) talk about the future of trade agreements with the Middle East and how greater economic engagement can lead to strategic, political, and security benefits.
August 2, 2013
Egypt
Weekend Reading: Egypt’s State of Emergency, Tunisia’s Terrorism, and Libya’s Legislature
Amr Shalakany analyzes the Egyptian July 8 constitutional declaration, arguing it establishes a de facto state of emergency in Egypt. In the wake of last week’s political assassination in Tunisia, A…
October 19, 2012
Egypt
Weekend Reading: Deja Vu in Egypt?, Lebanese Security, and Jihadists in Syria
Ibrahim El-Houdaiby wonders if Egypt’s Islamists will make the same mistakes as previous regimes. Qifa Nabki offers an interesting profile of Wissam al-Hassan, the head of Lebanon’s Information Bran…
December 1, 2016
Sub-Saharan Africa
World AIDS Day 2016 in South Africa
Thursday, December 1, is World AIDS Day, a fitting occasion to call attention to an HIV vaccine clinical trial that has started in South Africa. The vaccine being tested is based on one used in a Tha…
November 29, 2016
Sub-Saharan Africa
South Africa’s Wounded President Zuma Survives
Over the weekend of November 27, Jacob Zuma faced his greatest political challenge to date, a vote of ‘no-confidence’ from within his own party, the African National Congress (ANC). He had previously…
April 24, 2020
Cybersecurity
Cyber Week in Review: April 24, 2020
Experts criticize German-led digital contact tracing initiative; Supreme Court will hear case on Computer Fraud and Abuse Act; Facebook bans some events that violate social distancing rules; Microsof…
