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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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May 28, 2009
Nonproliferation, Arms Control, and Disarmament
U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy: Report of a CFR-Sponsored Independent Task Force
President Obama has called for the eventual global abolition of nuclear weapons, but they will remain a fundamental element of U.S. national security in the near term. The CFR Task Force report makes…
March 21, 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Anglican Church and Homosexuality in Africa
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams’ departure at the end of the year as leader of the Church of England and Anglican churches around the world brings to mind the growing importance of Africans i…
October 29, 2019
Nigeria
Beyond the Nigerian Correctional Services Act
Nigeria’s criminal justice system is in urgent need of reform. Prisons are overcrowded, holding 73,314 people despite having capacity for only 50,153. Of those held, an estimated 70 percent are awaiting trial and have not yet been convicted of a crime; reports find that some people have been awaiting trial for as long as thirteen years. The chronic underfunding of the justice system exacerbates overcrowding and pre-trial detention.
January 12, 2017
Development
Boosting Women’s Participation in the Economy in Emerging Markets
Drawing on more than a decade of experience researching emerging economies in Asia, Kalpana Kochhar will discuss gender equalities inhibiting economic growth, as well as strategies for removing struc…
November 13, 2015
Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Weekend Reading: Ramlat Bulaq, Bedouin Poetry, and the Islamic State vs. Israel
Omnia Khalil reviews the struggles of everyday life in the Cairene neighborhood of Ramlat Bulaq. William Tamplin takes a look at Jordan’s most popular Bedouin poet and his use of verse to express Ar…
