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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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    In Praise of First-Past-the-Post

    Andrés Velasco explains why Britain’s electoral system is better than all the plausible alternatives.
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    Peacebuilding in the Middle East Requires Women

    Anne-Marie Slaughter & Xanthe Scharff argue that negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians must no longer be the province of men.
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    Macron and Europe’s Centrists Are Out of Good Options

    Yanis Varoufakis shows that an intractable economic conundrum lies behind the current impasse in French politics.
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    Immigration Does Not Start at the US Border

    Carlos Alvarado-Quesada laments the failure of Republicans and Democrats alike to address the root causes of migration.
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    Will AI Kill Off Money?

    Jean-Pierre Landau considers some of the underappreciated implications of an economy run entirely by machines.
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    A Philosopher for Our Times

    Enrique Krauze shows that, given rising illiberalism, the seventeenth-century thinker Baruch Spinoza is as relevant as ever.
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    A New Worldview for Troubled Times

    Dennis J. Snower proposes four principles to guide policymaking and global negotiations in the age of climate change.
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    Navigating Today’s Frothy Financial Markets

    Dambisa Moyo offers a basic framework for assessing the risk of new bubbles and their potential spillover effects.
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    An Arab Spring for Bangladesh?

    M. Niaz Asadullah argues that young protestors could help the country chart a democratic course and achieve sustainable growth.

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