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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 19, 2022
Democracy
When Democracies Vote Wrong
There was a joke told during the Cold War about the citizens of the Soviet Union. The Soviet line about human rights was that U.S. human rights and democracy policy constituted an unacceptable interf…
May 12, 2008
Lebanon
Doha Compromise is ’No Cave In to Hezbollah’
Michael Young, a political analyst in Lebanon, says the recent "Doha compromise" is not necessarily a cave-in to Hezbollah, but rather a "classic Levantine compromise."
March 15, 2012
Saudi Arabia
"Destroy all the Churches"
The Middle East Forum reports that According to several Arabic news sources, last Monday, Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah, the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, declared that it is "necessary to destroy a…
April 28, 2020
Local and Traditional Leadership
How Nigeria Has Responded to COVID-19 So Far
As of April 29, Nigeria has recorded over 1,300 cases, with 40 deaths attributed to COVID-19. Nigeria’s coronavirus spread had been concentrated in Abuja, Lagos, and Ogun state, the latter effectively a suburb of Lagos. Those three areas have been under lockdown since March 30, with an announcement by President Buhari to begin easing some restrictions beginning on May 4.
September 23, 2016
Morocco
Weekend Reading: Morocco’s Amazigh, Istanbul’s Rent, and the Teacher of al-Minya
Reading selections for the weekend of September 23, 2016.
