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May 22, 2013

Sub-Saharan Africa
Tracking the Traffickers: Eradicating Rhinos

This is a guest post by Emily Mellgard, research associate for the Council on Foreign Relations Africa Studies program. Demand for rhino horn increased exponentially over the past few years. The mar…

Policeman look on as a protester carries a placard calling for an end to rhino poaching, which threatens the survival of rhino species, outside the Chinese embassy in Pretoria September 22, 2011. (Siphiwe Sibeko/Courtesy Reuters)

September 23, 2016

Japan
Japan-South Korea Relations in 2016: A Return to the Old Normal

This post was coauthored with Brad Glosserman, executive director at Pacific Forum CSIS. The first nine months of 2016 have been very good for Japan-South Korea relations. In addition to the concl…

April 26, 2023

Mexico
Mexico’s Carnage Has No Military Solution

To curb violence and drug trafficking, Mexico needs functioning civilian police forces and court systems, not US military strikes and boots on the ground.

Good luck with that. Photographer: Rodrigo Arangua/AFP via Getty Images

January 10, 2017

Elections and Voting
Costs and Consequences of South Korea’s Political Vacuum

On December 9, the South Korean National Assembly passed a motion of impeachment against Park Geun-hye. The ROK (Republic of Korea) Constitutional Court has up to 180 days from that date to review th…

October 30, 2015

China
Friday Asia Update: Top Five Stories for the Week of October 30, 2015

Ashlyn Anderson, Rachel Brown, Lincoln Davidson, Sungtae “Jacky” Park, Ariella Rotenberg, and Gabriel Walker look at the top stories in Asia this week. 1. Earthquake survivors in Afghanistan and Pak…

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