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November 5, 2021

Women and Women's Rights
Women This Week: Protests Against Poland’s Abortion Law

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 covers October 30 to November 5.

Demonstrators takes part in a protest against the verdict restricting abortion rights in Warsaw in January 2021.
Blog Post by Haydn Welch Women Around the World

June 12, 2023

United States
Meet Asa Hutchinson, Republican Presidential Candidate

The former Arkansas governor is a candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.

Asa Hutchinson
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

July 11, 2014

Iraq
Weekend Reading: The King of the Kurds, Sexual Violence in Egypt, and Israel’s Accidental War

Sarah Carr, writing for Mada Masr, offers an in-depth and graphic look at sexual assault and the Egyptian state. J.J. Goldberg explores the triggers to an "unintended" war in Gaza. In an intervie…

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Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

January 21, 2016

Sub-Saharan Africa
Comedy and Democracy in South Africa

For most Americans, their first exposure to South African comedy has been Trevor Noah, the host of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show.” Noah’s January 20, riff on Sarah Palin’s endorsement of Donald Tr…

Zuma comedy
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

March 12, 2020

China
China’s State Media Outlets: The White House Cracks Down, But How Much of a Threat Are They?

In recent weeks, the Trump administration has taken increasingly tough measures against Chinese state media outlets operating in the United States. The White House has forced state broadcasters like …

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to China's Vice Premier Liu He as Vice President Mike Pence looks on during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on January 31, 2019.
Blog Post by Joshua Kurlantzick Asia Unbound