Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post, covering October 26 to November 2, was compiled with support from Rebecca Turkington and Ao Yin.
Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post, covering September 20 to Septembe 27, was compiled with support from Rebecca Turkington, Rebecca Hughes and Alexandra Bro.
Research shows that corruption hinders development and reinforces inequality. Yet anti-corruption efforts generally fail to recognize and address the impact corruption has on women’s lives. When wome…
Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post, covering February 18 to February 27, was compiled with support from Alexandra Bro and Anne Connell.
There have been many analyses of former Secretary of State Clinton’s testimony this week about Benghazi, but most are political. Here’s a bureaucratic analysis.
Mrs. Clinton’s critics claim that she…
Sigal Samuel reviews a new Ramadan television series about Egypt’s Jewish community.
The Beirut Report recounts the story of a journalist held by Hezbollah in southern Beirut.
Imad Stitou argues th…
Nizar Manek and Jeremy Hodge chase after $9.4 billion worth of secret accounts and special funds hidden away by top Egyptian officials.
Evelyn Crunden examines how one group in Morocco remembers and…
Zineb Belmkaddem examines how the Moroccan authorities are clamping down on opposition movements.
Dina El Khawaga argues that the Egyptian government is reproducing the authoritarian measures of the…
Mohamed Kasmi discusses the linguistic richness in Morocco, and the related linguistic policies the government has enacted over the years.
Abubakr Al-Shamahi says that keeping the lights on in Yemen…
Elias Muhanna, of Qifa Nabki, gives his perspective on the recent resignation of Lebanese PM, Najib Mikati.
The Risky Shift comments on corruption in Libya, and provides steps forward to improve it…