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In late 2012, Chinese President Xi Jinping launched a “war on corruption,” promising to purge the government and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of the...
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The U.S. and China are engaged in a battle for global technological advantage. In the eyes of the current Chinese leadership, technological prowess is...
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What shall we remember from the year 2020? A global pandemic, repeated lockdowns, protests against racism and police brutality, rallies, demonstrations, revolutions, historic U.S....
What Does a Biden Presidency Mean for Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?
With the change of power just a few days away in Washington and the president-elect Joe Biden all set to take over from the...
Montenegro’s Elections: Great Serbia, Third Time the Charm?
After the Aug. 30 elections, Montenegro’s Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) lost power for the first time since 1991. The new government, satirically called “apostolic”...
Ethiopia’s War Driven by a Dejected Tigray Regional Power Elite
Many commentators have characterized the Ethiopia-Tigray War as a tribal warfare. They maintain that the Ethiopian Federal Government is waging a war against the...
The Tattered Legacy of Barack Obama
In 2008, Barack Obama went on to win the U.S. Presidential election with the biggest majority of any Democrat since 1964, including by unexpectedly...
President-elect Joe Biden Signals a Return to Building Robust U.S.-Africa Relations
A new era in U.S. geopolitical doctrine is waiting in the wings. American foreign policy in Africa has been in flux, and presidents since...
An Unthinkable Crisis Is Happening in the World’s Oldest Democracy
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