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Burma/Myanmar 2012-2016
October 24, 2016, 4 Comments

(BBC) Should it be Burma or Myanmar? CIA World Factbook: Burma Aung San Suu Kyi (The Elders) Desmond Tutu: Speaking to A ...

Iran 2014-2016
September 27, 2016, Comments Off on Iran 2014-2016

See also Wednesday Night #1741 Young men make wars, and the virtues of war are the virtues of young men. Courage and hop ...

North Korea 2010-16
September 9, 2016, Comments Off on North Korea 2010-16

The Guardian: North Korea North Korea profile Politics: A family dynasty heads a secretive, communist regime which toler ...

Canada & the Arctic 2013 – 2016
September 2, 2016, 1 Comment

The Arctic, country by country Laura Neilson Bonikowsky | October 4, 2012 (Diplomat) Our eight-country primer takes you ...

Nepal
August 11, 2016, 1 Comment

The Cost of Political Instability in Nepal (NYT Editorial) Last week, Nepal’s Parliament elected Pushpa Kamal Dahal as ...

China: government and governance /2
August 9, 2016, Comments Off on China: government and governance /2

China’s Year of Tumult Puts Xi’s Governance Under the Microscope Looking out over Beijing’s Tiananmen Squa ...

U.K. in 2016
July 18, 2016, 2 Comments

Dear Boris Johnson: here’s my 10-step guide to being Foreign Secretary By William Hague … Reject the idea th ...

Africa 2015 – 16
July 8, 2016, Comments Off on Africa 2015 – 16

Africa is not a country. It’s a continent See also Africa: Conflict and governance 2015 Dear Africa, Louise Linton ...

UN Environment Programme (UNEP) 2016
June 29, 2016, Comments Off on UN Environment Programme (UNEP) 2016

Kenya lags in conservation progress on delayed space tech law (Business Daily) … while other governments had made ...

ISIS Paris attacks and aftermath
March 18, 2016, Comments Off on ISIS Paris attacks and aftermath

Reuters: Paris attacks The Paris attacks change everything Friday’s attacks changed the world in fundamental ways. The ...