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A smiling African farmer harvesting cocoa pods on the plantation, production of chocolate in Africa

Strategic Competition

China and the Chocolate Factory

Posted date/time:March 25, 2025

Air pollution in India.

Environment

India: Economic Growth, Environmental Realities

Posted date/time:March 18, 2025

Close up of fiber optics

Digital Assets

From Under the Seas and Up to the Cloud

Posted date/time:March 11, 2025

Thousands of Rohingya citizens fleeing from Myanmar are crossing the Bangladesh border at Teknaf and entering Rohingya camps, 2017, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.

International Development

On Development, Humanitarian Assistance, and Resilience

Posted date/time:March 5, 2025

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Strategic Competition

China and the Chocolate Factory

Posted date/time:March 25, 2025

A smiling African farmer harvesting cocoa pods on the plantation, production of chocolate in Africa

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Environment

India: Economic Growth, Environmental Realities

Posted date/time:March 18, 2025

Air pollution in India.

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Digital Assets

From Under the Seas and Up to the Cloud

Posted date/time:March 11, 2025

Close up of fiber optics

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International Development

On Development, Humanitarian Assistance, and Resilience

Posted date/time:March 5, 2025

Thousands of Rohingya citizens fleeing from Myanmar are crossing the Bangladesh border at Teknaf and entering Rohingya camps, 2017, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.

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Elections

Change in the Ballot Box in Africa

Posted date/time:February 25, 2025

South Africa Election

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Global Health

Niger's River Blindness Lesson

Posted date/time:February 18, 2025

Niger River in Niamy, Niger.

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Artificial Intelligence

AI’s Promise Comes With a Price

Posted date/time:February 11, 2025

Working data center.

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Critical Minerals

There’s Mining, Then There’s Illegal Mining

Posted date/time:February 4, 2025

Assafo, Ivory Coast - April 3, 2024: children feeding a crusher with ore to extract some grams of gold. In Ivory Coast, children from Burkina Faso often provide cheap manpower for local businessmen

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Humanitarian Assistance

An American Approach to Foreign Assistance

Posted date/time:January 28, 2025

Sudanese Children suffering from malnutrition are treated at an MSF clinic in Metche Camp, Chad, near the Sudanese border, on April 6, 2024.

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Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding

Sudan Keeps Making History

Posted date/time:January 21, 2025

Juba, South Sudan, February 2017. People with yellow jerrycans waiting for water at a borehole site. Salesian camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs). Captured during civil war.