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September 23, 2009

International Organizations
Twenty Agendas at G-20, Part II

Leaders attending the Group of 20 summit in Pittsburgh will seek to forge agreements to buoy a global economic recovery and repair financial imbalances that contributed to the recession.

Backgrounder by Jamal Afridi

February 3, 2009

Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Eric H. Holder Jr., Attorney General

President Barack Obama’s attorney general, Eric H. Holder Jr., has criticized some of the Bush administration’s counter-terrorism moves, calling for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention center…

Backgrounder by Joanna , Associate Editor Klonsky

September 4, 2009

United States
U.S. Opinion on General Principles of World Order

This page is part of Public Opinion on Global Issues. This publication is now archived. International Law Americans support an international order based on international law. A majority beli…

Backgrounder International Institutions and Global Governance Program

September 18, 2008

Global Governance
Timeline: UN Secretary-Generals

A biographical timeline of past UN secretary-generals and their accomplishments.

Backgrounder by Christopher W. Tatlock

August 12, 2009

Global
World Opinion on General Principles of World Order

This page is part of Public Opinion on Global Issues. This publication is now archived. International Law Most people around the world support an international order based on international l…

Backgrounder International Institutions and Global Governance Program

April 18, 2024

Palestinian Territories
What Is Hamas?

The Palestinian militant group struggled to govern the Gaza Strip before launching a surprise attack on Israel in 2023. Now facing Israel’s military campaign to destroy it, Hamas’s future is in doubt…

Gun-toting Hamas militants ride a vehicle amid a massive crowd of the group's supporters
Backgrounder by Kali Robinson