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Meet Ron DeSantis, Republican Presidential CandidateThe Florida governor announced his candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
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The Great Firewall of Montana: How Could Montana Implement A TikTok Ban?Montana banned TikTok a month ago. Enforcing this ban would require the creation of a surveillance regime that would be far more detrimental to privacy and civil liberties than TikTok could ever be.
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Turkey’s Growing Foreign Policy AmbitionsTurkey’s geography and membership in NATO have long given the country an influential voice in foreign policy, but the assertive policies of President Erdogan have complicated its role.
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South America’s Minimum Consensus on Democracy is GoneForget regional integration. Basic diplomacy will remain an uphill battle until the region’s leaders return to a shared definition of democracy.
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Tinubu’s TurnUp against the wall, Tinubu will need his famed political savvy—and more—to stanch rising discontent in Nigeria.
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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 grown into a pivotal partner in military operations.
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Artificial Intelligence Enters the Political ArenaPolitics is one of the latest industries shaken up by AI, the use of artificially generated content in campaigns could spell trouble for candidates and voters alike in the fight against mis- and disinformation.
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Artificial Intelligence Enters the Political ArenaPolitics is one of the latest industries shaken up by AI, the use of artificially generated content in campaigns could spell trouble for candidates and voters alike in the fight against mis- and disinformation.
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School Shootings Are a National Security ThreatIn the year since a gunman butchered nineteen students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, the United States has suffered at least forty school shootings—perhaps most notably…
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Why Buhari FailedWhen Nigerians needed him to deliver, President Muhammadu Buhari fell short.
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Latin America This Week: May 22, 2023Opposition, not ideology, wins elections; Chinese foreign direct investment moves beyond natural resources and Brazil; Livent-Allkem merger bets on lithium in the Americas.
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Women This Week: Women Win Historic Number of Seats in Turkish ParliamentWelcome 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 13 to May 19.
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C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics With Martin WolfMartin Wolf discusses the relationship between capitalism and democracy, the origins of the “democratic recession” of the last decade and a half, and ways to strengthen democratic capitalism against its enemies. The C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics brings the world's foremost economic policymakers and scholars to address members on current topics in international economics and U.S. monetary policy. This meeting series is presented by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies. This meeting is part of the Diamonstein-Spielvogel Project on the Future of Democracy.
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Navigating U.S. Economic UncertaintyBrad W. Setser, CFR’s Whitney Shepardson senior fellow, leads a conversation on the likelihood of an economic recession, the current debt ceiling debate, and recent instability in the U.S. banking se…
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An Epidemic of LawlessnessRising vigilantism in Nigeria reflects public cynicism about law enforcement and the judicial system.