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October 1, 2017
Iran
Ideology and Foreign Policy
Barack Obama undertook two supremely ideological foreign policy moves. In both cases he seemed largely motivated by myths about American "crimes" in the past, and for that reason failed or refused to…
April 2, 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Economist Endorses Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
The Economist has strongly endorsed Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for the presidency of the World Bank. The March 31st editorial argues that the American and European "carving up" for…
March 13, 2015
Brazil
The Political Fallout of the Petrobras Scandal
The Petrobras corruption investigation, known locally as Operation Lava Jato (Carwash), entered a new phase last week, when Rodrigo Janot, Brazil’s general prosecutor, implicated 53 politicians from …
August 12, 2014
Brazil
Lights Out: Brazil’s Power Problem
With the World Cup over, Brazilians are turning to their next big event—October’s presidential elections. While President Dilma Rousseff still leads in the polls, her margins continue to shrink. A re…
May 16, 2019
Trade
Trump’s Trade War Unimportant in Grand Scheme of Things
Experts from the Council of Councils grade international cooperation on global trade a middling C in 2018, rank it one of the lowest priorities on the global agenda, and are only somewhat optimistic …
