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August 26, 2019
United States
TPI Replay: American Diplomacy, With William J. Burns
Ambassador William J. Burns, president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss American diplomacy, international cooperation, and Burns’s most re…
October 25, 2018
Iran
Iran Is a Threat to the Banking System
At many banks, Nov. 5 will be a scary day. That’s when broad U.S. sanctions are set to be re-imposed on Iran, thereby placing new pressure on its struggling economy and increasing the regime’s desper…
March 27, 2014
Sub-Saharan Africa
Really, Really Rich People in Africa
According to Forbes, the first African ever has entered into the “top 25” of the world’s billionaires. He is Aliko Dangote, number 23. Forbes says that his net worth is now U.S. $25 billion up from $…
November 29, 2018
Cybersecurity
The U.S. Leans on Private Firms to Expose Foreign Hackers
When the Democratic National Committee realized they had been hacked in April 2016, they turned to experts from a private company: the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike. Within a day, the company had id…
May 23, 2018
Nigeria
Nigeria's Dangote, Africa's Richest Person, Became Rich at Home
Outside of business and financial circles, Dangote is not well known in the United States. Perhaps that is largely because his business interests—banking, cement, sugar, salt, agriculture, and manufacturing—are centered in Nigeria and Africa rather than overseas.
