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March 27, 2015
China
Friday Asia Update: Top Five Stories for the Week of March 27, 2015
Ashlyn Anderson, Lauren Dickey, Darcie Draudt, William Piekos, and Ariella Rotenberg look at the top stories in Asia today. 1. Lee Kuan Yew, founding father of Singapore, dies. Lee Kuan Yew, who tra…
April 16, 2003
Iraq
Policy Expert Carothers Says Chances for Democracy in Iraq and Region Are Dim
Thomas Carothers, director of the Democracy and Rule of Law Project at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, says that contrary to the hopes of many in the Bush administration, “I don…
March 8, 2012
Asia
Suu Kyi as a Candidate
In today’s New York Times, Thomas Fuller has an excellent piece exploring the challenges faced by Aung San Suu Kyi as she attempts to make the transformation from longtime (and jailed) icon to politi…
April 21, 2022
Health
A Conversation With Secretary Xavier Becerra
Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra discusses the agency’s global footprint, including how COVID-19 exposed systemic disparities in healthcare at home and abroad, plans to prepare f…
October 9, 2015
Sub-Saharan Africa
Star Economist Says Black Economic Empowerment in South Africa Has Failed
On October 3, Thomas Piketty, the French economist and best-selling author of Capital in the 21st Century, said in his prestigious Nelson Mandela lecture that South Africa’s “…black economic empowerm…
