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We assess the impact of a transparency and accountability program designed to improve maternal and newborn health (MNH) outcomes in…
Social network approaches have much to offer for the study of African politics. This research note explores the tensions and benefits of…
War is an inherently social process, from the mobilization of new, armed organizations, to the relational aftershocks of violence affecting…
The move of President Donald Trump to visit Baghdad on Wednesday is a small, good one, amid a week of calamitous decisions. The press will…
If asked what will be the most consequential meeting this weekend in Argentina at the G-20, you might have a hard time making up your mind…
Some of us are starting to associate turkey with low oil prices. Just four years ago, on Thanksgiving Day in 2014, OPEC held a meeting in…
The disappearance and likely death of Jamal Khashoggi is a clarifying moment. If the crown prince of Saudi Arabia proves to be complicit,…
Tuesday was a great day for Iraq. For a country whose leaders have often disappointed, two exceptional people were tapped to be the highest…