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Concrete arch dam in the Kariba Gorge of the Zambezi river basin between Zambia and Zimbabwe. Dmitriy Kandinskiy/Shutterstock.

Energy

Not-So-Renewable Energy in Zambia

Posted date/time:December 10, 2024

Farm laborers weigh sacks of harvested coca leaves on a field in the Micay Canyon, southwestern Colombia, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. The Micay Canyon connects the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, serving as a corridor for drug and weapons trafficking. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Drugs

Colombia's Cocaine Moment of Truth

Posted date/time:December 3, 2024

Kunsu, Ghana, March 20, 2023: Rural Women in Small Scale Mining (Galamsey) in Ghana, Africa. The quest for the daily meal of these women relies on them finding gold in an already mined land.

Environment

There's Mining, Then There's Galamsey

Posted date/time:November 19, 2024

FSN Day kickoff event

International Development

Real Localization in US Foreign Policy

Posted date/time:November 12, 2024

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Energy

Not-So-Renewable Energy in Zambia

Posted date/time:December 10, 2024

Concrete arch dam in the Kariba Gorge of the Zambezi river basin between Zambia and Zimbabwe. Dmitriy Kandinskiy/Shutterstock.

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Drugs

Colombia's Cocaine Moment of Truth

Posted date/time:December 3, 2024

Farm laborers weigh sacks of harvested coca leaves on a field in the Micay Canyon, southwestern Colombia, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. The Micay Canyon connects the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, serving as a corridor for drug and weapons trafficking. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

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Environment

There's Mining, Then There's Galamsey

Posted date/time:November 19, 2024

Kunsu, Ghana, March 20, 2023: Rural Women in Small Scale Mining (Galamsey) in Ghana, Africa. The quest for the daily meal of these women relies on them finding gold in an already mined land.

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International Development

Real Localization in US Foreign Policy

Posted date/time:November 12, 2024

FSN Day kickoff event

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Great Power Competition

China and Russia: Quietly Going Steady?

Posted date/time:October 29, 2024

HANGZHOU, CHINA - SEPT. 4. 2016 - Chinese president Xi Jinping (R) welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) in G20 summit in Hangzhou.

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Migration

The Real Reason Putin Targets Schools?

Posted date/time:October 22, 2024

Destroyed school in Ukraine

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Where Have all the Peace Corps Volunteers Gone?

Posted date/time:October 15, 2024

President Kennedy greeting Peace Corps Volunteers

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October 7 and the "Wider War"

Posted date/time:October 8, 2024

MEP_Israel_Iran

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Global Health

Protecting Children From Polio. Or Not.

Posted date/time:October 1, 2024

Gaza polio vaccination campaign

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Elections

Scamming From Burma

Posted date/time:September 24, 2024

Aung San Suu Kyi at election campaign event, Yangon, Burma, November 1, 2015.