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Challenges to Global Press FreedomPanelists explore the shifting landscape of journalism, including the influence of political pressures, and the broader implications for press freedom and democratic values worldwide. Please note there is no virtual component to the meeting. The audio, video, and transcript of this meeting will be posted on the CFR website.
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Deadly EncountersWhy is contact between law enforcement and the average citizen in Africa so frequently lethal?
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Hong Kong’s Freedoms: What China Promised and How It’s Cracking DownBeijing has tightened its grip on Hong Kong in recent years, dimming hopes that the financial center will ever become a full democracy.
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Mary and David Boies Distinguished Senior Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy and Director of Fellowship Affairs
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The Last Days of Thailand’s Shinawatra DynastyThe outcome a no-confidence vote planned in parliament this week in Thailand may represent a fundamental reconfiguration of its political order.
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Thailand’s Border Conflict With Cambodia Raises Fear of Another CoupThe implications of Thailand-Cambodia's border conflict.
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Government of the DayThe renegade-turned-statesman evolution of Government Ekpemupolo captures a profound shift in political authority and social eminence in contemporary Nigeria.
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Organized Crime Is Thriving in Myanmar’s Civil War—and It’s a Global ThreatMyanmar has become, by some estimates, the current center for global organized crime following the 2021 coup and now meets the definition of a failed state.
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Women This Week: Female Voters Propel Liberal Presidential Candidate to Victory in South KoreaWelcome 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 covers May 31 to June 6.
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Renowned Academic Paul Chambers Flees Thailand: Does Bangkok Really Get What it Wants?Paul Chambers’ arrest and flight highlight Thailand’s tightening authoritarianism, even as youth-driven calls for reform continue to gain momentum.
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The President’s Inbox Recap: The China-Philippines StandoffMaritime clashes between China and the Philippines over contested waters in the South China Sea threaten the balance of power in the Pacific and may draw in the United States.
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What Does the U.S. National Guard Do?The National Guard is a special part of the U.S. military that answers to both state governors and the president. While it began as a “strategic reserve,” the guard has come to play an important role in domestic and overseas operations.
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In-Person DC Roundtable: Advancing Women’s Political Representation and DemocracyProgress for women’s political leadership is stagnating around the world, alongside global democracy decline. In 2024, in the year of elections, only five women out of thirty-one presidential elections won their campaigns. In addition, U.S. voters elected fewer women to the House of Representatives than at any time in the last two decades. The nonpartisan organization RepresentWomen works in the United States and globally to expand women’s political participation and strengthen representative democracy. Linda Robinson, senior fellow for women and foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, and Cynthia Richie Terrell, executive director of RepresentWomen and co-founder of FairVote, discuss ongoing research on recent elections and how electoral rules and systems impact women’s political representation around the world.
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Zbigniew Brzezinski, With Edward LuceEdward Luce, U.S. national editor and a columnist for the Financial Times, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss what we can learn from the life, career, and writings of Zbigniew Brzezinski, national security advisor to President Jimmy Carter.
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Political Tension in Côte d'IvoireEconomic successes do not obviate the need for political transition.