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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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July 16, 2023
United States
How Today Is Like the 1890s
The most popular historical analogy for current American troubles is the Civil War era. The second most popular is the Gilded Age. But where the 1850s do not meaningfully resemble today, the 1890s ce…
April 5, 2012
Egypt
Freedom Suffers a Blow in Egypt
Egypt is a signatory to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Article 18 states that: 1. Everyone shall have the right to hold opinions without interference. 2. Everyone shall h…
October 25, 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa
Archbishop John Onaiyekan Appointed as Cardinal
Yesterday, Pope Benedict XVI announced the appointment of Abuja Archbishop John Onaiyekan and five others as cardinals. Archbishop Onaiyekan is known for his peace and reconciliation work across the …
August 11, 2021
Nigeria
Biafran Separatist Group Issues a Stay-at-Home Order
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has ordered residents of Nigeria’s South East region—largely Igbo-dominated areas of the former Biafra, the break-away territory that tried and failed to establish an independent state during the 1967-70 civil war—to stay at home every Monday until their leader, Nnamdi Kanu, is released from jail.
June 28, 2023
Religion
Religion and Foreign Policy Webinar: A Conversation With Richard Haass on Promoting the Common Good
CFR President Richard Haass, author of the New York Times best seller The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens, discusses how to reenvision citizenship if American democracy is to thr…
