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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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June 21, 2011
Defense and Security
Regional Turbulence over South China Sea
Escalating hostilities between China and its neighbors over competing claims to the South China Sea is a test of China’s growing strength and a diplomatic challenge for the United States, which insis…
January 12, 2024
Indonesia
Indonesia’s Presidential Election: The Old Guard Faces the New
As President Joko Widodo’s presidential tenure comes to an end, Indonesia’s democratic future is at an inflection point.
January 10, 2024
Bangladesh
Bangladesh’s Sham Election and the Regression of Democracy in South and Southeast Asia
Bangladesh’s unfree election is part of a larger trend of democratic regression in South and Southeast Asia.
April 20, 2021
Nigeria
Nigerian and Western Values Collide
The United Kingdom-based website openDemocracy complained about the homophobic content on T.B. Joshua's YouTube channel. YouTube has now shut down the channel, which claimed over 1.8 million subscribers and 600 million viewers.
November 3, 2006
Lebanon
Landis: Iraq War Sapping U.S. Influence in Lebanon
Joshua Landis, an expert on Syria and Lebanon, says the drawn-out Iraq conflict has fed an image of declining U.S. influence in Lebanon, which has led Hezbollah to try to weaken, if not overthrow, th…
January 9, 2024
Cambodia
Six Months of Hun Manet in Cambodia: Change or More of the Same?
After six months in office, Hun Manet has demonstrated an understanding of Cambodia’s economic challenges but has continued the political repression of his father’s rule.
March 29, 2011
Syria
Syria’s Stalled Revolution
Syria’s unrest isn’t widespread enough to lead to a government ouster, with the Assad regime enjoying solid support from the country’s Alawite leadership and Sunni majority, says expert Joshua Landis.