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In a society obsessed with reform, change and progress, we often overlook the essential work of maintenance.
Eroding the gains made in education has severe consequences, especially for girls.
Instability has come to define Peru’s political landscape, as successive congresses and presidents have become locked in a power struggle.
A longtime diplomat explains how the State Department normally encourages and helps Americans to leave countries amid political instability and war – which didn’t happen over the last week.
Once in power, military rulers have little incentive to share authority.
A federal judge had previously blocked the Trump administration’s plans to deport immigrants to third-country destinations, but some of them have remained detained in another African county, Djibouti.
Philosopher Immanuel Kant teaches us that even amid turmoil, it is possible — and necessary — to work toward a freer, more just future.
Overfishing, disease and environmental crimes cause social and political instability, economic strife and strained international relations.
Lesotho, a constitutional monarchy, has been under domestic, regional and international pressure to change its constitution since 2012.
Our foreign policy may need to deal with twin challenges brought about by climate change.
A specific regional protocol could ease the management of internally displaced persons in the region.
Central bankers are set to slow down their rate hikes.
Despite their pretensions to support reforms, it is clear that successive governments are not interested in the reform.
The country has had five governments in 10 years. Every time a government collapses, the reform programme follows suit.
Wheat and bread play a central role for food security and political stability in Sudan.
Africa saw more coup attempts in 2021 than the preceding five years combined.
If the Economic Community of West African States is to be a champion for good governance, it should address the root causes of political instability and coups.
Governed by a changeable body of ‘basic laws,’ Israel never settled basic questions like the rights of religious minorities. These destabilizing issues will continue to fester under a new government.
Everyone’s saying it: ‘Democracy is fragile’ in the United States. But a political science scholar says that has always been the case.
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Head of Department, Public and Environmental Law Department, University of Limpopo
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Professor, School of Public Policy, UMass Amherst; Institute for Humane Studies
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Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Lecturer, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Lakehead University
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Senior Lecturer in Economics | Freelance Consultant, Sheffield Hallam University
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Milton P. and Alice C. Higgins Professor of Environment and Society, Professor of Geography, Clark University
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Adjunct Researcher at the Center for Mining and Sustainability Studies at the Universidad del Pacífico (Peru) and PhD Candidate in Geography, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria., University of Pretoria
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Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Murdoch University
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Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Investigadora Postdoctoral / Investigadora Adjunta COES, Diego Portales University
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Associate Professor of Russian Literature, University of Kansas