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October 10, 2023
Nigeria
Paper Truths and Counterfeit Lives
The furor over Nigerian President Bola Tinubu’s academic records is less about his person and more about the character of Nigerian society.
October 20, 2011
Germany
Personality and Power: The Case of Otto Von Bismarck
Jonathan Steinberg, professor of modern European History at the University of Pennsylvania, discusses his book, Bismark: A Life. This meeting is part of a series hosted with the National History Cen…
December 29, 2023
2023 in Review
Ten World Figures Who Died in 2023
Ten people who passed away this year who shaped world affairs for better or worse.
October 27, 2016
Global
The World Next Week: October 27, 2016
Venezuela holds talks over a presidential recall referendum, a Dutch party leader goes on trial for making discriminatory remarks, and the Paris Climate Agreement comes into effect.
August 21, 2019
Nigeria
Debt Servicing, Tax Revenue, and Oil in Nigeria
President Buhari is publicly asking the Federal Inland Revenue Service about its failure to meet tax-collecting targets since 2015. Nigerian Federal and state entities have borrowed so much money that debt service now consumes more than 70 percent of revenue, according to the Finance Ministry.
December 16, 2023
United States
Election 2024: What Would Donald Trump’s Second Term Foreign Policy Look Like?
Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: A second Trump presidency would shift U.S. foreign policy in a more nationalist and unilateralist d…
December 21, 2023
United States
These Eight Charts Show Why Fentanyl Is a Huge Foreign Policy Problem
Overdoses involving fentanyl and other synthetic opioids are the leading cause of death among young Americans and a threat to U.S. public health, the economy, and national security. Combating the epi…