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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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January 15, 2016
Politics and Government
Democracy’s Continuing Struggles
After the end of the Cold War, experts who closely studied trends in democratization believed that democracy was destined to sweep the globe. With the Soviet Union gone, there was no clear ideologica…
April 12, 2007
Nigeria
Nigeria’s Creaky Political System
Nigeria has made progress since its return to democracy in 1999. But a political system crippled by corruption and dogged by ethnic tensions threatens to derail the country from its path toward good …
March 26, 2014
Malaysia
Obama’s Upcoming Trip to Malaysia: Going to Be Prickly and Tough
After canceling a trip to Southeast Asia last fall because of the U.S. government shutdown, President Obama is now planning to travel to the region in late April. (He will travel to Northeast Asia as…
June 30, 2015
The Non-Existent Progress in Bahrain
The Obama administration has decided to resume military aid to Bahrain, or more exactly to dispense with the limits on such aid that had been imposed after the 2011 crackdown there. One can make a n…
June 15, 2012
United States
You Might Have Missed: Drones, Public Opinion, and Pakistan’s Complicity
Pew Research Center, “Drone Strikes Widely Opposed: Global Opinion of Obama Slips, International Policies Faulted,” June 13, 2012. (3PA: For my reaction to the poll numbers on international opinion …
