5,473 Results for:
Filters

July 27, 2016

Cuba
Cuba and the American Bar Association

The motto of the American Bar Association (or ABA) is "Defending Liberty, Pursuing Justice." It should perhaps be revised to "Defending Liberty, Pursuing Justice, and Travel to Cuba."  Right now t…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

December 16, 2013

United States
The Un-American Studies Association

The American Studies Association has voted 2-to-1 for an academic boycott of Israel. The best comment on this move came from former Harvard president Lawrence Summers, who criticized the idea that …

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

May 31, 2024

Thailand
Has the King of Thailand Split With Thaksin?

The king of Thailand had seemingly allied with Thailand's most powerful civilian politician, Thaksin Shinawatra. Now, the alliance may be collapsing—again showing the vast, hidden power of the Thai m…

Former Thai prime minister stands at a gold altar with flowers and candles.
Blog Post by Joshua Kurlantzick and Pavin Chachavalpongpun Asia Unbound

March 16, 2017

Diplomacy and International Institutions
International Studies Association Panel: Inequality and the Rise of Authoritarianism

As part of CFR’s Academic Outreach Initiative, I recently had the privilege of moderating a panel on inequality and the rise of authoritarianism with Jack A. Goldstone, Virginia E. and John T. Hazel …

RTSSYZ0_b
Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick The Internationalist

April 29, 2016

Sub-Saharan Africa
Christian Association of Nigeria Warns Against Arrest of Goodluck Jonathan

According to Nigerian media, the northern branch of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) warned President Muhammadu Buhari that “Nigeria would boil” if former President Goodluck Jonathan, the “…

Jonathan CAN
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition