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When China Rules the Web

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Adam Segal | September/October 2018 Issue  | Foreign Affairs Technology in Service of the State For almost five decades, the United States has guided the growth of the Internet. From its origins as a small Pentagon program to its status as a global platform that connects more than half of the world’s population and tens of billions of devices, the Internet has long been … [Read more...] about When China Rules the Web

How to Topple a Dictator

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Conway Hall | Published on Apr 10, 2015 In conversation with Nick Cohen, Srdja Popovic will explain how he became one of the leaders of Otpor! — the movement which overthrew dictator Slobodan Milosevic. He has since gone on to train the pro-democracy activists behind the Arab Spring, Occupy, and many other movements. Drawing on his new book, Blueprint for Revolution, he … [Read more...] about How to Topple a Dictator

ሚኒስተር ብርሃነ በርሀ ኣብ ውሽጢ ኤርትራ ሂወቱ ንስለና ክሓልፍ ድልውቲ ጌርዋ

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ኣገዳሲ መልእኽቲ ካብ ኩብሮም ዳፍላ ብዛባ Ex-Minister of Finance Berhane Abrehe "ሃገረይ ኤረትራ" ብርሃነ ኣብረሀ Berhane Abrehe   … [Read more...] about ሚኒስተር ብርሃነ በርሀ ኣብ ውሽጢ ኤርትራ ሂወቱ ንስለና ክሓልፍ ድልውቲ ጌርዋ

A Post-American Africa -The U.S. Is Falling Behind

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Reuben Brigety | August 28, 2018 | Foreign Affairs Africa is transforming rapidly, and the United States’ approach to Africa is not keeping pace. While other countries are jumping at opportunities to invest in growing African economies, the United States is struggling to keep up. China’s commitments to the continent are stronger than ever, as evidenced by the upcoming … [Read more...] about A Post-American Africa -The U.S. Is Falling Behind

Whatever Happened To … That Guy Who Wanted To Make Quinoa A ‘Thing’ In Rwanda?

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Malaka Gharib | August 27, 2018 | NPR In March, I interviewed Cedric Habiyaremye, a 31-year-old Ph.D. student at Washington State University who is trying to get Rwandan farmers to grow and eat quinoa. How's his project going? Cedric Habiyaremye, 31, wanted Rwandan farmers to get excited about quinoa because of its nutritional punch. But now, he says, they're a little … [Read more...] about Whatever Happened To … That Guy Who Wanted To Make Quinoa A ‘Thing’ In Rwanda?

Asmara is a jewel’: but can Eritrea’s modernising capital retain its charm?

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Tom Gardner in Asmara | Tue 28 Aug 2018 | The Guardian It is unlike any other city in the developing world – brilliantly planned with hardly any slums. As the cold war with Ethiopia finally ends, Asmara can at last look to the future Nakfa House, a mammoth building by Asmara’s standards, is a remnant of the last era of real optimism in Eritrea. Built in 1995, four years … [Read more...] about Asmara is a jewel’: but can Eritrea’s modernising capital retain its charm?

ቃልስናን ታሪኽናን በርኔንተ ኮይኑ ከይተርፍ (Lest Our Labour Come to Naught)

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ብ ኣማኑኤል ሳህለ ኣቦታትና ቀደም፡ ኩሉ እቲ ዝጸዓሩሉን ዝደኸሙሉን ተስፋ ዘንበሩሉን ዕማም ይኹን ዕላማ ኣብ ቅድሚ ኣዒንቶም ከም ትኪ ኪበንን ከሎ ኪርእዩ ከለዉ፡ ዓሕ! በርኔንተ፡ ማለት ንብላሽ ደኺመ ይብሉ ነይሮም። እዛ በርኔንተ እትብል ቃል፡ ሽሕኳ ናይ ጣልያን ቃል እንተ ነበረት፡ በርኔንተ! ኪብሉ ኸለዉ ግን፡ እቲ ኣበሃህላ ነቲ ንብላሽ! ዚብል ቃል፡ ፍሉይ ሓይልን ስፍሓትን ትርጉምን ይህቦ ነይሩ አዩ። ኣብዚ ዘለናዮ እዋን፡ ማለት ሃገርና፡ ድሕሪ ነዊሕን መሪርን ብረታውን ደማውን ቃልሲ፡ ናብቲ ቅድመ-ገድሊ ዝነበረ ግዜ ክትምለስ ቀሪባ ኣብ ዘላትሉ ኩነታት፡ ነቲ ኣሕ በርኔንተ ዚብል … [Read more...] about ቃልስናን ታሪኽናን በርኔንተ ኮይኑ ከይተርፍ (Lest Our Labour Come to Naught)