The House GOP under new leader Kevin McCarthy, center in front of flag, adopted rules that included changes to operations of the office that conducts investigations of members.
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House lawmakers created an independent office to conduct ethics investigations. But new changes by the GOP to rules governing the office were just the latest attempt to defang it.
While young folks may view revolutions as more exciting than reforms, we need our future leaders to be open to the reality that meaningful and lasting change will be incremental.
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How can Generation Z serve as effective agents of economic reform in a system they don’t believe in?
President Cyril Ramaphosa came to power promising to revitalise the economy and end corruption.
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Ramaphosa’s presidency has been dogged by several controversies related to his business interests.
Indonesia’s House of Representatives has repeatedly failed to pass the anti-sexual violence bill into law.
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There is a trend in policy advocacy that pushes back progress and limits women’s freedom of choice.
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I published a book on what life might look like after the crisis. It already feels out of date.
In a deeply tragic irony, the two victims who lost their lives to a man who made a mockery of their idealism were assisted by two others who appear to have genuinely benefited from prison rehabilitation programs.
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Prison rehabilitation programs are difficult, but to give up and do nothing would be not merely cynical, but self-defeating.
Research-based policymaking is not yet happening in Indonesia.
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Indonesian policymaking is predominantly informed by research with poor theoretical engagement, with no strong tradition of peer review and with legal threats to academic freedom.
Mark Zuckerberg has been asked before to fix how Facebook is used by others for no good, now he wants others to help find solutions.
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The Facebook boss’s calls for outside help to draft new rules on what is acceptable behaviour online should be welcomed. So what’s his next step?
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Lessons from the British 19th century protests over electoral reform about the significance of crowd sizes.
Indonesian military personnel take part in a security drill ahead outside the general elections commission building in Jakarta earlier this month.
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As long as they are competent, I believe military officers have the right to participate in deciding the future of the nation.
Indonesian student protesters raise their fists during a rally to protest against general elections in Jakarta in April 2004.
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Universities are never a neutral ground that can be isolated from political processes.
South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, has a tough job of convincing investors that the country has turned the corner.
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South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa needs to display that wrongdoers of the Jacob Zuma era are going to be held accountable through prosecution.
Patience might be running out for South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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The positive energy that’s greeted the new South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, will turn to protest if economic challenges are not addressed quickly.
A protester walks near burning police cars during a clash with police at a protest against allegedly blasphemous remarks by Jakarta’s then governor, Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama, outside the presidential palace in Jakarta in November 2016.
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The reasons for the rise in the number of blasphemy cases in Indonesia since the reform era are more than just religious ones.
South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, is on a mission to rebuild a battered party and state.
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South Africa’s new president, Cyril Ramaphosa, has done well so far but more challenges relating to reigniting the economy lie ahead.
South Africa’s new president, Cyril Ramaphosa has in his state of the nation speech inspired hope.
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The speech was delivered with panache and confidence. It had style, declaring to the nation and the world that he, Cyril Ramaphosa, was in charge.
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South Africa’s new administration, under the leadership of Cyril Ramaphosa, can make some quick wins by focusing on fixing a few key areas.
The new members of the Standing Committee of the Politburo (L to R) Han Zheng, Wang Huning, Li Zhanshu, Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Wang Yang, and Zhao Leji
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China’s newly elected leadership team promises to bring continuity in the country’s gradual domestic reform and a stronger focus on internationalism.
Two men sit at the roadside in the hope of being offered work. South Africa’s unemployment is moving towards 30%.
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The idea that South Africa must look towards the International Monetary Fund to rescue itself from the prevailing crisis must be dismissed.
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The International Monetary Fund’s view of how to fix South Africa’s economy deserves to be seriously considered.