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Michael Meyer

Michael Meyer

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Michael Meyer, a former Newsweek editor, is Dean of the Graduate School of Media and Communications at Aga Khan University in Nairobi. 

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  1. Kenya’s Perfect Storm
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    Kenya’s Perfect Storm

    Jul 3, 2018 Michael Meyer explains why the severe damage caused by heavy rains this year cannot be blamed only on the weather.

  2. The Coming Wave of Oil Refugees
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    The Coming Wave of Oil Refugees

    Jan 29, 2016 Michael Meyer warns that falling prices could push more people to leave Africa and the Middle East.

  3. Africa’s Growing War on Corruption
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    Africa’s Growing War on Corruption

    Jan 7, 2016 Michael Meyer highlights efforts to end a continent-wide scourge, including some remarkable successes.

  4. Pressuring the Poachers
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    Pressuring the Poachers

    Nov 13, 2015 Michael Meyer proposes a "blame, shame, and share" strategy for saving Africa's rhinos and elephants.

  5. Kenya’s Deadly Night Riders
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    Kenya’s Deadly Night Riders

    Jun 26, 2014 Michael Meyer believes that the country's prospects remain promising, despite rising insecurity.

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    China Tightens Its Grip on Hong Kong

    Chris Patten condemns the latest attempt by the Communist Party’s puppet government to curb democratic freedoms.
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    The Struggle for Currency Supremacy

    Paolo Tasca

    New techno-powered alternative currencies should not be seen as decisive challenges to the US dollar. Instead, they are best understood as pawns in an older game of strategic dominance for which there is no end in sight.

    expects that digital assets will accelerate efforts to create alternatives to the US dollar.
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    The Oligarch, His Ex-Wife, Her Mother, and Rupert Murdoch

    Nina L. Khrushcheva contemplates the media mogul's impending marriage to the Russian biologist Elena Zhukova.
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    The Immigration Tinderbox

    In the United States and Europe, immigration tends to divide people into opposing camps: those who claim that newcomers undermine economic opportunity and security for locals, and those who argue that welcoming migrants and refugees is a moral and economic imperative. How should one make sense of a debate that is often based on motivated reasoning, with emotion and underlying biases affecting the selection and interpretation of evidence?

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    Senegal’s Election and Africa’s Future

    Rabah Arezki considers what Bassirou Diomaye Faye's presidency could mean for one of Africa's most closely watched democracies.
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    America Must Lead on Crypto Regulation

    Dante Alighieri Disparte urges policymakers to take decisive action and set new rules for the industry in 2024.
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    Rached Ghannouchi’s Plight Deserves More Attention

    Abdullah Gül decries the prosecution and imprisonment of Tunisia's widely respected avatar of Islamic democracy.
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    WTO Reform Is Everyone’s Responsibility

    Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala writes that meaningful change will come only when members other than the US help steer the organization.
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    What Can Stop the Shortening of American Lives?

    Michael R. Bloomberg shows how a loss of public trust in public-health professionals is undercutting US life expectancy.

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