The unspoken presence during Obama’s visits has been the highly visible and financially important role of China on the African continent.
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Former US State Department China official Thomas J. Christensen outlines a vision of cooperation and mutual growth for Beijing and Washington.
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The challenge for countries as well as companies is magnified by the nature of the cyber domain, where the advantage lies with the attacker. A defender can spend billions on cybersecurity and must succeed every time, whereas the attacker must only succeed once.
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Former United States Assistant Secretary of State Herman Cohen’s new book documents conversations with some of Africa’s first generation of post-colonial political leaders.
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The core problem in Colombia is that the peace process has become tied to the political process. A vote in favor of the peace process is seen as a vote in favor of the current government.
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In 2012, the latest date for which relatively comprehensive information is available, one out of every three people violently killed each year around the world—outside ongoing war zones—was either Brazilian, Colombian, Mexican, or Venezuelan.
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The uncovering of La Línea has shaken Guatemalan society. No one imagined that CICIG and the Public Prosecutor’s Office would dare to unravel such an entrenched criminal network.
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A Gallup poll released on April 29 revealed that the popularity of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, who has staked his presidency on achieving a peace deal, dropped from 43% to 29% in the past two months.
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Both China and the US have strategic narratives about each other. What they lack is a shared view of how the two powers should coexist.
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The US decision to sanction Venezuelan officials citing threats to US national security is likely to raise tensions between Washington and several Central and South American nations.