Global Notebook

In this section, which is divided along the five major areas of the world—Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East—authors investigate region-specific topics with international dimensions. The analysis is extremely focused and to-the-point with an emphasis on issues that are long-standing, but have come to the forefront of debate with recent developments and significant prospects for the future.
Things Fall Apart
- Violence and Poverty in Yemen
by Owen Barron
The Road to Unity
- Tenuous Progress in Cyprus
by Collin Galster
Militant Complex
- Demarginalizing Indian Muslims
by Upasana Unni
Cash Crop
- Brazil’s Biofuel Leadership
by Yuna Han
Healthy Progress
- Botswana Takes on AIDS
by Filip Zembowicz
Bound and Gagged
- Silent Censorship in the Arab Press
by Jon Weinberg
A Poisonous Ally
- Growing Russo-British Tensions
by Reema Shah
Tipping the Scale
- Gender Imbalance in China
by Mina Chang
Wavering Amigos
- The Politics of American Integration
by Kelly Diep
A More Perfect Union
- The AU's Failures and Future
by Yuna Han
Left to the Birds
- The EU’s Development Woes
by Filip Zembowicz
No Redemption
- The Failing Khmer Rouge Trial
by Allen Yang
Sword of Justice?
- Beheadings Rise in Saudi Arabia
by Jon Weinberg
Crouching Tigers
- Pursuing Elusive Peace in Sri Lanka
by Collin Galster
No Easy Peace
- The Zapatista’s Tense Stalemate
by Zeina Fayyaz
Igniting Instability
- Al Qaeda’s Inroads into Africa
by Mark Isaacson
Tentative Steps
- Ahmadinejad’s Economic Reform
by Samantha Fang