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May 15, 2013

Heads of State and Government
National History Center Series: Coolidge

This meeting is part of a series hosted with the National History Center featuring prominent historians who will examine the events and times that shaped foreign policy as we know it today.

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Event by Amity Shlaes and Evan W. Thomas III

September 7, 2012

Sub-Saharan Africa
Zimbabwe Crops Fail, Hunger Looms

Of Zimbabwe’s almost 13 million people, 1.6 million of them will require food aid, and the number is likely to grow. An estimated 1.8 million tons of maize, the staple crop, is necessary to feed Zimb…

Zimbabwean peasant farmer Loyce Nkala explains that she will reap nothing from her dying crop of maize in the drought prone district of Filabusi 450 km's south west of the capital Harare March 13, 2005.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

January 7, 2014

China
By All Means Necessary

In By All Means Necessary Elizabeth C. Economy and Michael Levi explore the unrivaled expansion of the Chinese economy and the global effects of its meteoric growth.

Book by Elizabeth C. Economy and Michael Levi

January 3, 2013

Sub-Saharan Africa
Optimism Opens the New Year in South Africa

This is a guest post by John Causey, a private equity consultant based in Cape Town, South Africa. He specializes in sub-Saharan Africa transactions, with investors mainly from the EU and US. Last y…

South African Reserve Bank Governor Gill Marcus shows off South Africa's new banknotes before conducting the first transaction in Pretoria 06/11/2012.
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for John Campbell Africa in Transition

May 6, 2014

Sub-Saharan Africa
Times Are A ‘Changin’ in South Africa, But Perhaps Not Yet

South Africa goes to the polls on May 7. The South African media has been describing the elections as likely to be “the closest since the coming of democracy in 1994.” Liberation icon Nelson Mandela …

Supporters of Julius Malema's Economic Freedom Party (EFF) cheer during their party's final election rally in Pretoria, May 4, 2014. (Skyler Reid/Courtesy Reuters)
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition