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U.S.-South Korea Policy Coordination Toward China on Democratic Values and Human RightsOn June 26, 2023, the Council on Foreign Relations’ program on U.S.-Korea Policy held a virtual workshop on U.S.-South Korean policy coordination toward China on democratic values and human rights.
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A Setback for SenegalWith news of the dissolution of Senegal’s main opposition party, it is one step forward and two steps back for Senegalese democracy.
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Strengthening South Korean Value Diplomacy for U.S.-South Korean Normative AlignmentThe second workshop for the project on Bolstering U.S.-South Korean Cooperation to Meet the China Challenge examined the prospects for enhanced U.S.-South Korean normative cooperation and alignment.
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Pax NigerianaNigeria should lead an Afro-Western alliance to flush out Niger’s military junta and restore democracy in the country.
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The Military Seizes Power in NigerPro-democracy forces must address the conditions that create fertile ground for coup d’états.
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Israel’s Judicial Reforms: What to KnowThe Israeli parliament’s new legislation limiting Supreme Court oversight of government policies has raised alarm over deepening societal divisions and potential democratic backsliding.
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A Reformer’s DilemmaTinubu’s macroeconomics gets a reality check from Nigeria’s micropolitics.
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Latin America This Week: July 11, 2023Guatemala’s first round election upset stands; Brazil’s non-alignment has a democracy blind spot; Remittances to Mexico hit a record $5.7 billion in May.
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U.S. Policy Toward Venezuela Takes a Body BlowBiden administration policy toward Venezuela was based on negotiating regime political concessions in exchange for lifting sanctions. But repression is growing and the policy is failing.
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Power to the PeopleSenegalese leader’s belated disavowal of a third term ambition is a win for the country’s civil society and the region’s prodemocracy coalition.
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Addressing Election Integrity in Sierra LeoneWith recent questions surrounding the June 24 election in Sierra Leone, international partners must reevaluate their response to seriously flawed elections.
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The Fourth of July, With Jack RakoveJack Rakove, the William Robertson Coe professor of history and American studies and professor emeritus of political science and law at Stanford University, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss why the United States declared independence in 1776 and its meaning for the country today.
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Religion and Foreign Policy Webinar: A Conversation With Richard Haass on Promoting the Common GoodCFR President Richard Haass, author of the New York Times best seller The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens, discusses how to reenvision citizenship if American democracy is to thr…
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A Geopolitical ImperativeNigeria should seize the opportunity to raise its diplomatic game and lead the continent from the front.
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U.S.-Taiwan Relations in a New Era
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Although a conflict in the Taiwan Strait has thus far been avoided, deterrence has dangerously eroded. To maintain peace, the United States must restore balance to a situation that has been allowed to tilt far too much in China’s favor.
