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December 14, 2022

China
Did China’s Street Protests End Harsh COVID Policies?

China's attempt to pivot away from zero COVID following widespread protests raises questions about citizen demands and government receptiveness. 

People hold white sheets of paper in protest of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions, after a vigil for the victims of a fire in Urumqi, as outbreaks of the coronavirus disease continue in Beijing, China, November 27, 2022.
Blog Post by Kathy Huang and Mengyu Han Asia Unbound

April 27, 2018

Women and Women's Rights
Inclusion Riders for War and Peace

At the 2018 Academy Awards, Oscar winner Frances McDormand explained how movies can be more diverse: inclusion riders. This approach is one worth considering outside of Hollywood—including in the con…

U.N. mediator for Syria Staffan de Mistura with members of the Women Advisory Board during Syria peace talks at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, 2016.
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Women Around the World Women Around the World

July 30, 2021

Human Rights
Five Foreign-Policy Movies Worth Watching About Human Rights

Every summer Friday, we suggest foreign-policy-themed movies worth watching. This week: films about the fight for human rights.

Three movie posters in black frames: In the Name of the Father (man looks out from black background);Beasts of No Nation (a young boy with ammunition wrapped around his neck looks out); The Pianist (a man walks among the rubble of a city).
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay and Margaret Gach The Water's Edge

August 4, 2016

China
Friday Asia Update: Five Stories From the Week of August 5, 2016

Rachel Brown, Sherry Cho, Lincoln Davidson, Theresa Lou, Gabriella Meltzer, and Gabriel Walker look at five stories from Asia this week. 1. Tokyo elects first female governor. On Sunday, Yuriko Koik…

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Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Asia Unbound Asia Unbound

January 18, 2013

United States
You Might Have Missed: Mali, Cyberwar, and "Zero Option" in Afghanistan

Tony Capaccio, “Iran’s Cyber Threat Potential Great, U.S. General Says,” Bloomberg News, January 17, 2013. Iran’s developing ability to launch cyber attacks will make it “a force to be reckoned with…

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Blog Post by Micah Zenko Politics, Power, and Preventive Action