If he wants to save his legacy on Africa, Barack Obama will have to be more than a shill for U.S. security firms and corporations.
Obama’s Last Chance in Africa
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A New Global Development Bank in Town
The new BRICS bank could rival the IMF or fall flat on its face. Either way, it’s a sign of shifting global power and influence.
Ethiopian Activists Fight U.S.-Backed Land Seizures
Backed by U.S. development aid, the Ethiopian government is seizing land, demolishing homes, and cracking down on activists in a bid to expand its capital city.
The BRICS: Challengers to the Global Status Quo
Can the BRICS wrest control of the global economy from the United States and Europe, or will their internal contradictions tear them apart?
Obama: Into Africa
President Obama is definitely “into” Africa. Unfortunately that has translated into holding the door open for U.S. multinationals to do what outsiders have done for centuries: extract the continent’s wealth.
To Die For
On the outskirts of Europe people are literally dying to get in, while the core members of the EU are having second thoughts.
The World Bank’s Dam Dilemma in Tajikistan
As it considers whether to back a controversial dam in Tajikistan, the World Bank needs to revisit its criteria for funding projects that displace people from their homes.
The Obama Administration’s Somali Pivot
Concerned about terrorism as well as influence from Washington’s economic rivals, the Obama administration is renewing its efforts to support the Somali central government.
The Sewol on Our Shores
For some Korean American activists, the Sewol ferry disaster is a reminder that South Korean capitalism is a product of the country’s authoritarian past—a past in which the U.S. played no small part.
My Strategic Impatience
For North Korea to rise higher on the list of U.S. priorities, Washington policymakers will have to stop considering it in isolation.