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November 14, 2014
China
Friday Asia Update: Top Five Stories for the Week of November 14, 2014
Ashlyn Anderson, Lauren Dickey, Darcie Draudt, Andrew Hill, Will Piekos, and Sharone Tobias look at the top stories in Asia today. 1. Obama and Xi strike deals at APEC summit. The Asia-Pacific Econo…
July 21, 2016
Americas
Corruption, Politics, and Corporate Transparency in Latin America
It is Latin America’s anticorruption season. Deep beneath the waves of revulsion about scandal, graft, and the general filthiness of local politics has been a profound concern with democracy. In part…
August 8, 2014
Iraq
Weekend Reading: Destroying Religious Shrines, the Yazidis, and Humans of Kurdistan (as well as New York)
Mohamad Ballan explores the Islamic State’s destruction of religious shrines in historical context. Matthew Barber reports on recent IS advances against Iraqi Kurds and the plight of the Yazidi mino…
April 1, 2013
Sub-Saharan Africa
Bloody Easter in Nigeria’s Middle Belt
Over Easter weekend there were at least fifty deaths attributable to ethnic and religious conflict near Jos in Plateau state in Nigeria’s Middle Belt. This time, based on media reports, most of the v…
July 7, 2016
Trade
Venezuela’s Woes Reach Mercosur
Mercosur is under considerable internal strain. As at other times in the trade bloc’s history, shifting political winds and changing trade priorities have placed the member countries at loggerheads. …
