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Handout photo shows a Dassault Rafale jet fighter carrying a ASMPA (medium-range air to surface missile) French nuclear air-launched cruise missile. Emmanuel Macron’s recent comments on the French response in case of a Russian nuclear attack on Ukraine have drawn fire from observers and political opponents at home. During an interview with French TV channel France 2, the French president said on Wednesday that Paris would “evidently” not use nuclear weapons in response to a Russian nuclear attack on Ukraine. Photo by MBDA via ABACAPRESS.COM

Order from Chaos

How not to estimate the likelihood of nuclear war

Amy J. Nelson and Alexander H. Montgomery

Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Views of slums on the shores of mumbai, India against the backdrop of skyscrapers under construction

Future Development

Slums, sprawl, and skyscrapers

Somik V. Lall, Mathilde Lebrand, and Hogeun Park

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

A worker walks past solar panels at Centragrid power plant in Nyabira, Zimbabwe, June 22, 2020. Picture taken June 22, 2020. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo

Africa in Focus

Improving infrastructure in Africa: Creating long-term resilience through investment

Alain Ebobissé

Thursday, March 4, 2021

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA-Janitorial workers perform disinfection tasks at a school in Cape Town, South Africa on June 25, 2020. The "Covid-19 Disinfect" group launched a pilot program to disinfect the city, starting with schools , ensuring the slowdown of coronavirus transmission in these institutions. The machinery used for disinfection can disperse disinfectant up to a range of 2,500 meters through 365 degrees, ensuring disinfection in schools, taxi stands and other public spaces in the city. (NO RESALE)

Africa in Focus

Africa in the news: COVID-19, financial assistance, and political updates from Malawi, Burundi, and Rwanda

Christina Golubski, David Kanos, and Mary Treacy

Saturday, June 27, 2020

Nigerian naira banknotes are seen in this picture illustration, September 10, 2018. Picture taken September 10, 2018. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/Illustration - RC15864538F0

Africa in Focus

Africa in the news: Nigerian minimum wage bill advances, Ethiopia triples airport size, and Cameroon makes arrests

Saturday, February 2, 2019

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Education

Improving community college completion rates by addressing structural and motivational barriers

Elizabeth Mann Levesque

Monday, October 8, 2018

An official of the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authourity (ZESA) inspects water levels on the Kariba dam in Kariba, Zimbabwe, February 19, 2016. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo - GF10000315340

Africa in Focus

Enhancing the attractiveness of private investment in hydropower in Africa

Alain Ebobissé and Amadou Hott

Thursday, June 14, 2018

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects a newly established Pyongyang trackless trolley factory in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on February 1, 2018.

North Korea

North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs: Strategies, directions, and prospects

Jonathan D. Pollack

January 2018

People use computers at an internet cafe in the Hodan area of Mogadishu October 9, 2013. Reuters/Feisal Omar (SOMALIA - Tags: SOCIETY) - RTX14IOE

Africa in Focus

Africa in the news: Electoral tensions arise in Mali and Congo, Ivorian president reshuffles cabinet, and Somalia’s internet returns

Friday, July 21, 2017

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects the long-range strategic ballistic rocket Hwasong-12 (Mars-12) in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 15, 2017. KCNA via REUTERS REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. EDITORIAL USE ONLY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTX35ZZE

Order from Chaos

Danger zone: Why North Korea’s latest missile test is more worrying than any to date

Jonathan D. Pollack

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Somane Liban (L) is reunited with the remainder of his family, who are refugees from Somalia, at the airport in Boise, Idaho, U.S. March 10, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Losness - RTX30JOX

Future Development

Refugees, migrants, and the politics of fear

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

French presidential election candidates (LtoR) Francois Fillon, Emmanuel Macron, Jean-Luc Melenchon, Marine Le Pen and Benoit Hamon, pose before a debate organised by French private TV channel TF1 in Aubervilliers, outside Paris, France, March 20, 2017. REUTERS/Patrick Kovarik/Pool - RTX31WPR

Order from Chaos

A brief guide to the French presidential election

Philippe Le Corre

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Palestinians are silhouetted as they walk in front of the Dome of the Rock on the compound known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, before the start of morning prayers marking the first day of Eid al-Adha celebrations, early morning September 12, 2016. REUTERS/Ammar Awad - RTSNCVX

Report

President Trump’s options for Israeli-Palestinian dealmaking

Martin S. Indyk

Thursday, December 1, 2016

Francois Fillon, former French prime minister and member of Les Republicains political party, reacts as he delivers his speech after partial results in the second round for the French center-right presidential primary election in Paris, France, November 27, 2016. Fillon, a socially conservative free-marketeer, is to be the presidential candidate of the French centre-right in next year's election, according to partial results of a primaries' second-round vote showed on Sunday. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann - RTSTKN8

Order from Chaos

Facing anti-establishment sentiment, French Republicans find their own answer in traditional values

Philippe Le Corre

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

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Order from Chaos

Experts weigh in: What this election means for U.S. foreign policy and next steps