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A historian counters the popular view that the 1989 collapse of the Berlin Wall set in motion talks to end apartheid. The process was unstoppable by then.
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National archive documents raise questions about how definitive British efforts to prevent arms transfers to Iran really were after the revolution that toppled the Shah.
South Africa has seen a fair number of whistleblowers raising the alarm on irregularities and corruption – the most recent was murdered.
Congress is trying to curb the president’s ties to human rights abusers, harkening back to landmark legislation of the 1970s.
A small, but wealthy, population of Indian-Americans is playing a role in transforming US foreign policy toward India.
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Professor, American University School of International Service
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Professor of International Affairs, Penn State
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Visiting Fellow, UNSW
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Professor of Political Science, University of Connecticut
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Emeritus Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Limerick
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Visiting Research Fellow, King's College London
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Lecturer, Culture and Media department, Birkbeck, University of London
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Professor in Mercantile Law, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Studies and Governance, University of the Free State
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Professor of Political Economy and Global Development, and Director of SOAS Middle East Institute, SOAS, University of London; Independent Social Research Foundation