Politics and Government

  • Nigeria
    A Country and Its Diaspora
    Nigerians admire Nigerian immigrants in the diaspora, until they don’t.
    Blog Post by Ebenezer Obadare November 4, 2024 Africa in Transition
  • Elections and Voting
    Delegitimizing the Messenger: the Assault on Fact-Checkers
    Fact checkers and disinformation researchers are in the vanguard of the struggle to restore trust online. But they increasingly face politicized attacks.
    Blog Post by Allie Funk, Kian Vesteinsson and Grant Baker November 4, 2024 Net Politics
  • United States
    Foreign Policy in the 2024 Election: CFR on Campus
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    As part of our Election 2024 initiative exploring the role of the United States in the world, how international affairs issues affect voters, and what is at stake as voters make their choices in November, CFR visited colleges and universities in four battleground states—Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, and Pennsylvania—to hold public forums with top experts on international issues and how they influence the lives of Americans. Our nonpartisan conversations, co-hosted with Arizona State University, the Georgia Institute of Technology, Grand Valley State University, and Franklin & Marshall College covered the U.S. role in the world, the trade-offs presented by different policy options both locally and globally, and context on the international issues, choices, and challenges facing the next president.
    Explainer Video November 1, 2024