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October 3, 2013

International Organizations
President Omar al-Bashir’s Crumbling Foundation

This is a guest post by Aala Abdelgadir. Aala is a research associate for the Council on Foreign Relation’s Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative. On September 22, Sudan’s government anno…

Africa - Sudan Subsidy Protests - Gas Station
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for John Campbell Africa in Transition

June 26, 2015

Turkey
Weekend Reading: Kurdish in Turkey, The Ghost of Omar Pasha, and Islam vs. Jihadism

Nadeen Shaker investigates how Turkey’s Kurds are reclaiming their language in the classroom. Farah Halime of Rebel Economy has published a translation of former Vice President of Egypt Omar Suleima…

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

June 26, 2024

Sudan
What Is the Extent of Sudan’s Humanitarian Crisis?

More than a year into the civil war in Sudan, over nine million people have been displaced, exacerbating an already devastating humanitarian crisis.

In Brief by Mariel Ferragamo and Diana Roy

July 3, 2024

Inequality
Women This Week: Women Excluded From UN-led Talks on Afghanistan

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 June 29 to July 3.

Maryam, a boot polisher, sits next to a beauty salon in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 6, 2023.
Blog Post by Noël James Women Around the World

July 15, 2024

West Africa
An Opportunity to Reimagine ECOWAS

The split between ECOWAS and the mutinous AES states may be just what the regional body needed. 

A view shows the empty seats of Mali and Guinea during the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) summit in Abuja, Nigeria on July 7, 2024.
Blog Post by Ebenezer Obadare Africa in Transition

July 8, 2024

Daily News Brief
Left-Wing and Centrists Triumph in France, and Other Headlines of the Day

The Daily News Brief

Article by CFR.org Editors

July 9, 2024

Diplomacy and International Institutions
The International Criminal Court and the Justice vs. Democracy Problem

The International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague is in the news in 2024 because its prosecutor has asked the court to issue warrants for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and…

Article by Elliott Abrams Diamonstein-Spielvogel Project on the Future of Democracy

May 22, 2024

International Criminal Court
The Role of the ICC

The International Criminal Court was created to bring justice to the world’s worst war criminals, but debate over the court still rages.

Judges are pictured in the courtroom during the trial of Bosco Ntaganda at the International Criminal Court.
Backgrounder by Claire Klobucista and Mariel Ferragamo