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Will Chinese funding help strengthen Africa’s climate change response? It’s complicated. Michael Addaney - March 18, 2021 Belt and Road-linked projects could boost infrastructure development — and industrialization
Developing countries have been busy forging trade agreements — with one another Nita Rudra and Daniela Donno - May 26, 2020 Supply chains in a post-pandemic world might revolve far less around China
Bashar al-Assad’s international rehabilitation has begun Christopher Phillips - January 5, 2019 [caption id="attachment_82196" align="aligncenter" width="960"] In this Sept. 1, 2013, photo,
Xi Jinping is visiting Africa this week. Here’s why China is such a popular development partner. Deborah Bräutigam - July 24, 2018 [caption id="attachment_76016" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Well-wishers holding flags wait for the
Is Vladimir Putin’s Russia in decline? We figured out how to measure ‘national power.’ Simon Saradzhyan and Nabi Abdullaev - June 20, 2018 Where does Russia stand as Vladimir Putin embarks on another
Are the countries that Americans think are friendly to the U.S. actually friendly to the U.S.? Erik Voeten - February 12, 2017 President Trump has rankled numerous foreign leaders during his first weeks
Trump helps Putin — and all dictators — when he calls U.S. elections ‘rigged.’ Scott Gehlbach and Konstantin Sonin - October 26, 2016 [caption id="attachment_48410" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a
Sudan, South Africa and the future of the International Criminal Court in Africa Mark Kersten - October 13, 2015 [caption id="attachment_30589" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir (C) seen
This is why you shouldn't blame China for the havoc in the markets - August 27, 2015 [caption id="attachment_28947" align="aligncenter" width="908"] An investor looks at an electronic
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Why Russia tried to curb same-sex partner rights at the U.N. (and why it lost) Erik Voeten - March 25, 2015 On Tuesday, member states of the United Nations voted
Russia’s new military doctrine: Same as the old doctrine, mostly Olga Oliker - January 15, 2015 [caption id="attachment_20106" align="alignnone" width="620"] Russian sailors gather in front of
Russia's new military doctrine: Same as the old doctrine, mostly Joshua Tucker - January 15, 2015 [caption id="attachment_20106" align="alignnone" width="620"] Russian sailors gather in front of
The most popular Monkey Cage posts in 2014 Kim Yi Dionne - December 31, 2014 2014 was Monkey Cage's first full calendar year at The
The IMF’s perestroika moment Cornel Ban - December 17, 2014 [caption id="attachment_19206" align="aligncenter" width="608"] Former IMF managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn,
Wishing away the world without the West Steven Weber, Naazneen Barma, and Ely Ratner - November 19, 2014 [caption id="attachment_18249" align="aligncenter" width="690"] Chinese President Xi Jinping and his
A world without the West? Not so fast. Erik Voeten - November 14, 2014 [caption id="attachment_18147" align="aligncenter" width="634"] Leaders of the BRICS nations, from
What the new bank of BRICS is all about Raj Desai and James Vreeland - July 17, 2014 [caption id="attachment_13013" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] Leaders of the BRICS nations,
Does the G-8’s suspension of Russia actually matter? Felicity Vabulas - April 3, 2014 [caption id="attachment_8935" align="aligncenter" width="830" special=""] President Obama and Russian President