ANC Turns 100, But Has
South Africa Come of Age?

As South Africa’s African National Congress marks its centennial this year, the celebrations have been tinged with doubts as to whether the country has matured into a full-fledged democracy, or is regressing on its principled past. Read More

Lawyer-Turned-Scholar Examines
Latin Security, Social Challenges

From laboring as a trade lawyer, to laboring on behalf of refugees displaced by civil war, Diana Villiers Negroponte has spent nearly a lifetime examining what makes Latin America tick. Read More

North Koreans Hungry — For
Change, But Mostly for Food

As the world deciphers what’s happening inside North Korea in the wake Kim Jong-il’s death, hunger is the more immediate concern on most North Korean minds. Read More

Is Iran’s Latin ‘Tour of Tyrants’
A Desperate Flyby for Friends?

Iran’s love-fest with leftist Latin nations has panicked some U.S. policymakers, but is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s latest “tour of tyrants” just a lonely cry for international friends? Read More

International Affairs

Correcting Corrections Worldwide:
Best Practices Reforming Prisons

The state of some of the world’s prisons is almost a criminal offense, but a growing science-based movement is unleashing new ideas about how to keep both inmates and society safe. Read More
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‘From Deliberation to Dysfunction’
Probes Senate’s Debilitating Paralysis

“The U.S. Senate: From Deliberation to Dysfunction” dissects the arcane rules and complex procedures that have led to political paralysis in the upper chamber of Congress. Read More

Institute for Education Courts
Big Players to Revive Civility

After 20 years, the Institute for Education has become a novelty in today’s heated political climate, serving as a bastion of civility in a culture rife with polarization and partisanship. Read More