John Palfrey argues that social media sites have played a huge role in the prodemocracy surge—but states have also been very good at using technology to suppress their people.

CFR's Senior Fellow for Global Health, Laurie Garrett, discusses the implications of rising food prices on global health.

Four experts weigh in on whether the 2010 healthcare reform law helps U.S. business competitiveness globally.

Gideon Rachman, chief foreign affairs commentator at Financial Times, and Joseph S. Nye Jr., university distinguished service professor at Harvard Kennedy School, discuss new variables that are changing America’s foreign policy strategies including the diffusion of power as technology empowers nonstate and nongovernmental actors, as well as the power transition from West to East.

Hugh Miles explains, "the inside story of Egypt's TV wars and how Saudi Arabia could be next."

 In this NY Times op-ed, Harvard Law School Climenko Fellow, Andrew Woods, writes on the exaggerated status social media has earned in recent uprisings.

Listen to CFR experts Steven Cook and Jared Cohen discuss the recent events in Tunisia, the implications for the region, and the role of social media in the protests.

The cholera epidemic that has added to the list of Haiti's post-earthquake miseries is a reminder that what Haiti needs more than anything else is good governance that would lead to better infrastructure and safe water.

A contrarian analysis of how the United States can succeed in the technological race with Asia.

Adam Segal and Cherian Samuel argue that both India and the United States have a stake in an internet that is open, global, and secure.

Joel D. Hirst discusses Hugo Chavez's attacks against Globovision, the only independent television news station left in Venezuel.

Yanzhong Huang examines the different strategies with which the United States and China responded to the 2009 H1N1 pandemic.

Haiti's cholera outbreak is exacerbated by unclean water and a subpar sanitation system, and lagging infrastructure repairs highlight the inadequate global response to the country's earthquake in January, says CFR's Laurie Garrett.

A favorite view of the Internet holds that the democratization of communications will bring about the democratization of the world.

With one billion people already going hungry and the world's population rising, global food production must urgently be increased. But Africa can manage this surge -- if it finally uses the seeds, fertilizers, and irrigation methods common everywhere else.

Jonathan Pearl argues that easing restrictions on Jordan's uranium enrichment will actually allow the Obama administration to set a new, strengthened standard for nuclear cooperation agreements.

Peter A. Garretson examines whether space-based solar power is the next major step in the Indo-U.S. strategic partnership.

Richard A. Falkenrath says that while the recent decision by the United Arab Emirates to suspend BlackBerry services may have been opposed by business travelers, law enforcement officers and intelligence officers viewed the decision with approval and a bit of envy.