IMAGE CREDIT: Atlantic Council By Paul Mukoki, PhD Introduction The Trump administration's recent decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreementduring its second term has reignited concerns about the future of global climate policy. TheParis Agreement, which was adopted in December 2015,
By Bob Wekesa The US is a powerful country. The leadership transition starting January 20 has been the subject of debateglobally.As of Friday, 23, President Donald J. Trump has signed over fifty executive orders, swiftly upending JoeBiden's domestic and international governance policies.
By Bob Wekesa Donald J. Trump will be sworn in as the 47th US President tomorrow. By Tuesday analysis will shift fromexpectations to the realities of the second four-year Trump administration. Observers of US and globalpolitics will drill into his inauguration
IMAGE CREDIT: AP By Bob Wekesa On nearly all fronts, the expectation of a return to President Donald Trump’s first-term foreign policy is aself-fulfilling prophecy. Before we even get to the flurry of executive orders that have reset the USengagement with the
Image Credit: Euractiv By Bob Wekesa Winding down 2024 and welcoming 2025 is a space-time moment to reflect on Africa and the world. In2024, global tensions from previous years and decades continued unabated. It is as if the change in time did not
Image Credit: Triff/Shutterstock.com By Bob Wekesa A curious incident involving outer space, a Kenyan village, and a Kenyan space management entityoccurred as the country bid farewell to 2024 and ushered in 2025. Seemingly bizarre, the incident isprimed with global and celestial significance. On
The 2024 global summits season begins in Kampala, Uganda in January 2024 with aglobal south agenda. President Yoweri Museveni will host the nineteenth Non-AlignedMovement (NAM) Heads of State summit from 15 to 20 January[i]. This will be followedby the Third
IMAGE: Bookings Did the Summit advance Africa’s global voice? On assuming office in early 2021, the Joe Biden and Kamala Harris administration of the United States(US) identified Africa as a strategic region of focus. Within 18 months, the administration produced astrategy on
IMAGE: Bookings Introduction The US – Africa Leaders’ Summit was held in December 2022 for the first time since the inaugural eventin 2014. What are the peace and security plans to keep an eye on as implementation of action plans getsoff the
IMAGE: The Hilltop Introduction For Africa–United States (US) relations, 2022 was a defining year. August saw the launch of a new USStrategy Toward Africa1 followed by ‘second’ US–Africa Leaders Summit in Washington DC in December.What are the implications for democracy, human rights