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March 10, 2006
Daily Analysis
Secretary Rice and U.S. public diplomacy chief Karen Hughes travel to South America this week for the inauguration of Chile's first woman president, Michelle Bachelet. The trip could signal a new focus on South America, at a time when a growing number of leftist governments in the region pose questions for U.S. policies there.
See more in South America, Bolivia, Venezuela, U.S. Strategy and Politics
March 9, 2006
Interview
As Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy Karen Hughes prepare for their trip to South America, CFR Senior Fellow Julia Sweig says the United States must reevaluate its policies in South America. If Washington takes a broader view of the challenges South America faces, real progress could be made.
See more in South America, U.S. Strategy and Politics
March 3, 2006
Daily Analysis
Nigeria’s political temperature continues to rise as moves to alter the constitution to extend presidential term limits stir protests across the country. The country is already beset by sectarian violence and ongoing clashes with militants in the oil-rich Niger Delta region.
See more in Nigeria, Democracy and Human Rights
Updated: March 22, 2007
Backgrounder
Backgrounder: Ongoing sectarian troubles and corruption threaten Nigeria's future security.
See more in Nigeria, Democracy and Human Rights
Updated: March 1, 2006
Daily Analysis
A string of attacks in Baghdad renew fears of sectarian civil war a week after the bombing of a Shiite mosque in Samarra. The continuing violence has forced a debate in Washington over U.S. troop levels in Iraq and threatens to delay the formation of a new Iraqi national-unity government.
See more in Iraq, Nation Building, Religion
February 27, 2006
Daily Analysis
After a surge in sectarian violence following last week’s attack on the Shiite Golden Mosque in Samarra threatened to derail the political process, top Sunni Arab leaders say they will rejoin talks.
See more in Iraq, Nation Building
February 24, 2006
Interview
Millions of Sudanese continue to live in fear of violence because of the unsettled conflict in western Darfur. Also, a one-year-old peace deal ending a long civil war between Sudan’s mainly Muslim north and the animist and Christian south has still not produced a national unity government as planned. The International Crisis Group’s John Prendergast tells cfr.org international pressure is needed for real change in Sudan.
See more in Sudan, Humanitarian Intervention
Updated: February 28, 2006
Daily Analysis
The three-year conflict in Darfur continues as the United Nations prepares to send a peacekeeping mission to replace the ineffectual African Union (AU) presence in Sudan. Human rights advocates say the Darfur situation highlights the international community's inability to protect civilians when their governments are unable or unwilling to help.
See more in Sudan, Humanitarian Intervention
February 23, 2006
Daily Analysis
Sectarian violence in the wake of this week’s attack on the Shiite Golden Mosque in Samarra have raised fears that an Iraqi civil war is imminent. Civil war would destroy the chances of the newly elected central government and create even more instability across the region.
See more in Iraq, Wars and Warfare
February 21, 2006
Daily Analysis
As Uganda votes in its first multi-party elections in twenty-five years, President Yoweri Museveni rejects allegations he is abusing power and intimidating his opposition. His critics warn such power politics may undo much of the progress Museveni made since coming to power twenty years ago.
February 21, 2006
Backgrounder
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's decision to run for a third term in the February 23 presidential election—which he is expected to win—the imprisonment of his main political rival, and the festering conflict between government forces and the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army in northern Uganda, have aroused international concern.
February 16, 2006
Daily Analysis
The deadly H5N1 strain of the avian flu virus has now crept well into Europe—infecting birds in Greece, Bulgaria, Italy, Germany, Slovenia, Croatia, Austria, and Denmark—and now also threatens Africa. Experts are at a loss over how to best tackle what could be an imminent global pandemic.
See more in Global Health, Health
January 24, 2006
Daily Analysis
Stephen Harper's Conservative Party has dethroned Canada's Liberal Party after thirteen years at the helm in Ottawa. But it won't be an easy ride for Prime Minister Harper, who didn't win enough votes for a majority in parliament. Harper will face a divided House of Commons as he pushes through his promised reforms—including improved Canadian-U.S. relations.
See more in Americas, Elections
January 23, 2006
Daily Analysis
Sudan's bid to chair this year's African Union Summit has brought fierce criticism from opponents who say Khartoum's human rights record would damage the organization's efforts at reform. Sudan continues to fight a bloody civil war and the government faces accusations of human rights abuse in its Darfur region.
See more in Sudan, African Union, Human Rights
January 18, 2006
Daily Analysis
Where’s Kim Jong-Il? The whereabouts of the reclusive North Korean leader prompted intense speculation this week, and reports placed him from Shanghai to Manchuria to Siberia. He turned up finally in Beijing.
See more in North Korea, Proliferation
January 10, 2006
Interview
See more in Haiti, Elections, Peacekeeping
January 3, 2006
Daily Analysis
With UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan due to step down at the end of 2006, the next year will be a time of reflection for the world body and its attempts at reform.
See more in Global Governance, International Organizations
December 6, 2005
Backgrounder
See more in EU, Terrorism and the Law
November 18, 2005
Backgrounder
See more in Venezuela, Democracy and Human Rights
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