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The Biden Administration Is Dangerously Downplaying the Global Terrorism Threat

Today, there are more terror groups in existence, in more countries around the world, and with more territory under their control than ever before.

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Charles Lister

Poland Is Throwing All Its Neighbors Under the Bus

Running for reelection, the Polish government is flailing in every direction to keep its populist credibility.

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Paul Hockenos

Nigeria’s Unhappy Birthday

As the country marks 63 years of independence, insecurity and corruption continue to drive highly educated Nigerians to live and work abroad.

Africa Brief

Nosmot Gbadamosi

As China’s Property Sector Crumbles, Who Takes the Fall?

Two detained former executives from developer China Evergrande Group won’t be the only scapegoats.

China Brief

James Palmer

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Thea Riofrancos is an associate professor of political science at Providence College and the author of Resource Radicals: From Petro-Nationalism to Post-Extractivism in Ecuador. She is currently writing Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism, a book on the global lithium sector.

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Shifting Mining From the Global South Misses the Point of Climate Justice

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Thea Riofrancos

February 7, 2022, 6:00 AM

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