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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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April 30, 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa
Guest Post: Convicting Charles Taylor: Justice for Sierra Leoneans
This is a guest post by Mohamed Jallow, a former interdepartmental associate at the Council on Foreign Relations, and now a program development specialist at IntraHealth International. Mohamed came t…
July 11, 2019
West Africa
West African Governments Lack Commitment to Reduce Soaring Inequality
Oxfam and Development Finance International (DFI) have developed the Commitment to Reducing Inequality Index (CRI). The index ranks 157 countries by their commitment to reducing inequality through increased spending on health and education, taxing the rich more than the poor, and paying a living wage.
November 22, 2021
International Law
A Negotiator's Reliance on the Nuremberg Legacy
This year we commemorate the 75th anniversary of the verdict of the Nuremberg Tribunal: on 30 September and 1 October 1946, the International Military Tribunal (IMT) delivered its Judgement in the tr…
September 30, 2014
Sub-Saharan Africa
Ebola: The Dog That Has Not Barked
Especially in Sierra Leone and Liberia, the Ebola news gets worse and worse, with victims and deaths seeming to grow exponentially. Yet the disease does not appear to have spread east along the Gulf …
February 11, 2021
Women and Women's Rights
Why Ending FGM Advances U.S. Interests
This guest post was authored by Maryum Saifee, a U.S. Department of State foreign service officer and alumna of the Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellowship program. Ms. Saifee i…
