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February 22, 2013

Sub-Saharan Africa
Evolving Dynamics of Kidnappings in Northern Nigeria

Kidnapping is not a part of the repertoire of the radical, diffuse Islamist group called Boko Haram. Some of its alleged spokesmen have denounced the practice. However, kidnapping is common in the Sa…

Members of a criminal gang that kidnapped a United Arab Emirate national Mohammed Khamis al Ali, are paraded by the state security service (SSS) in Nigeria's capital Abuja March 29, 2012.

May 18, 2007

Iraq
Democrats, Republicans, and Political Fault Lines on Iraq

Public disapproval of the Iraq war is starting to create fissures among Republicans and posing challenges for Democrats seeking to balance national security and political gains .

July 15, 2016

China
This Week in Markets and Democracy: China’s Private Sector Corruption, Zimbabwe’s Protests, New Corruption Brief

Chinese Companies lag on Transparency Chinese companies filled the bottom twenty-five spots in a recent Transparency International report ranking one-hundred emerging market multinationals on antico…

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January 22, 2016

China
South America’s Shifting Diplomatic Landscape

The past year has altered Latin America’s diplomatic panorama. Among the most significant changes were a U.S. policy turnaround that included U.S. rapprochement with Cuba, a reset in U.S.-Brazil rela…

Argentine Foreign Minister Susana Malcorra and Brazil's Foreign Minister Mauro Viera speak before the Summit of Heads of State of MERCOSUR and Associated States and 49th Meeting of the Common Market Council in Luque

June 18, 2015

Asia
Toward a Solution to the Rohingya Crisis

So far, despite global coverage of Southeast Asia’s desperate migrants, Myanmar leaders continue to try to cast doubt on the idea that there is a migration crisis at all, though Myanmar officials att…

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