On Monday, the European Union announced that it is resuming direct aid to Zimbabwe’s government and that sanctions on some targeted individuals and entities (excluding President Robert Mugabe) will be suspended following the country’s constitutional referendum that could come as early as October. This decision is flawed, and it is unlikely to contribute to…
The news emanating this past weekend from Zimbabwe--that opposition candidate and first round presidential election winner Morgan Tsvangirai of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party was forced to pull out of the June 27 presidential run-off--is distressing.[1] Tsvangirai's decision to withdraw from the election is the direct result of a three-month campaign…
Members of Congress are considering several bills designed to combat climate change. Chief among them is Senate bill 2191--America's Climate Security Act of 2007--spearheaded by Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) and John Warner (R-VA). This bill would set a limit on the emissions of greenhouse gases, mainly carbon dioxide from the combustion of coal, oil, and natural…
In New York, the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) conference is entering its final phase, and the ways in which the...…
Africa’s progress in Heritage’s 2013 Index of Economic Freedom remains stagnant. Though making progress last year, with...…
Last week, the Zimbabwean newspaper The Herald published a story that was posted on AllAfrica.com reporting that, in...…
Heritage and the Wall Street Journal released the 2012 Index of Economic Freedom on Thursday, ranking 179 countries on...…
Was it wise for the Obama administration to reverse the Bush administration’s policy of distancing the U.S. from the...…
A recent story by Fox News provides yet another example of the United Nations Development Program’s refusal to accede...…
Like Presidents Clinton and Bush before him, Obama now has a Robert Mugabe problem. Foreign Policy Magazine recently...…
The April 22-25 visits of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Zimbabwe and to Uganda highlight Iran’s unrelenting quest for...…
The election of President Barack Obama resonated loudly throughout Africa. His victory raised expectations that Africa...…
On October 30, the United States voted with the majority in the General Assembly to support U.N.-sponsored negotiations...…