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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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July 3, 2013
Politics and Government
Fake It Till You Make It: How Sham Elections Can Further Democracy
This month, Iranian voters elected Hassan Rouhani president. In April, Venezuelans also voted in a presidential election, choosing Nicolas Maduro to succeed longtime leader Hugo Chávez, who died earl…
March 18, 2014
Development
Balancing Security and Accountability
Emerging Voices features contributions from scholars and practitioners highlighting new research, thinking, and approaches to development challenges. This article is from Nema Milaninia, a legal offi…
August 12, 2021
Southeast Asia
Myanmar: Asia’s Orphaned Cinderella
Six months after a military coup, Myanmar remains orphaned both by regional powers and the West.
May 12, 2008
Rule of Law
Somalia’s Transitional Government
Though international observers had hoped Somalia’s transitional federal government would bring stability to the war-torn nation after sixteen years of “failed state” status, by mid-2008 experts said …
July 25, 2013
United States
Middle East Matters This Week: Syria at the UN, Egypt’s Demonstrations, and Israeli-Palestinian Talks
Significant Developments Syria. Secretary of State John Kerry met Ahmed al-Jarba, the Syrian National Coalition’s (SNC) newly elected leader, late this afternoon at the United Nations to discuss “po…
