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October 17, 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

October 2, 2024

Israel
One Year After the October 7 Attacks: The Impact on Four Fronts

The turbulent year since Hamas’s brutal attack on Israel draws to a close, marked by a sharp escalation in conflict between Israel and Iran and its proxies. Four CFR experts assess the changes since …

October 10, 2024

Maternal and Child Health
Taking Stock on the International Day of the Girl Child

Colombia, Sweden, and the United Nations to convene the First Global Ministerial on Ending Violence Against Children.

Sudanese girls who fled the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region, walk beside makeshift shelters holding each other's hands in Adre, Chad July 29, 2023.

October 8, 2024

Corruption
A Conversation with Agather Atuhaire, Executive Team Lead at Agora Discourse

Ugandan lawyer, journalist, digital activist, and 2024 laureate of the International Women of Courage Award describes work using the digital space to expose corruption and advocate for social justice…

US First Lady Jill Biden (R) applauds International Women of Courage award recipient Agather Atuhaire (L), journalist, attorney and social justice activst from Uganda, during the 18th Annual International Women of Courage (IWOC) Awards Ceremony at the White House on March, 4, 2024 in Washington, DC.

August 21, 2024

Women and Women's Rights
Women’s Power Index

Find out where women around the world wield political power—and why it matters.

May 28, 2024

Palestinian Territories
Who Governs the Palestinians?

Power in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, the so-called Palestinian territories, has been divided among three entities: a governing body called the Palestinian Authority, the militant group Hamas, a…

Palestinians wave their national flag as they rally beneath images of President Mahmoud Abbas and his predecessor, Yasser Arafat

August 22, 2024

Election 2024
Kamala Harris Sees the Road to the Top, But Will Voters Put Her There?

Who runs the world? Sorry Beyoncé, it’s not girls. But with Harris topping the ticket, that may change.

Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris attends Day one of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., August 19, 2024.

July 12, 2024

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
That Old Time Religion: The G-7 Foreign Ministers' Statement on the West Bank

The G-7 foreign ministers' statement on the West Bank follows some old lines about the legitimacy of settlements, but ignores the issue of payments to reward terror.

June 20, 2024

West Africa
Can West Africa Curb Its Brain Drain?

West Africa is losing many of its best and brightest. Across the region, doctors, lawyers, and engineers are leaving, depriving some of the world’s youngest countries of the minds they need to develo…

Podcast West African youth stands in front of a school chalkboard.

August 1, 2024

India
The Future of Democracy in India

Indian voters signaled they want change, but achieving change requires restoring democratic practices.

Women line up to cast their votes outside a polling station during the sixth phase of the general election in Sonipat, in the northern Indian state of Haryana, India, May 25, 2024.