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March 15, 2024

United States
Election 2024: Joe Biden Opposes the Sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: Joe Biden doesn’t want one of America’s closest allies to buy a once iconic American company.

Steel
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

December 21, 2023

United States
Ten Elections to Watch in 2024

Dozens of countries, constituting half the world’s population, will hold elections in 2024. Here are ten to watch.

Indo elections
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

July 25, 2023

Latin America
Latin America This Week: July 25, 2023

Peru shows no economy is insulated from politics forever; Panama and few others bat above the average on anticorruption; Xóchitl Gálvez puts opposition on the map ahead of Mexico’s 2024 presidential …

Panama’s former President Ricardo Martinelli waves to supporters while leaving a courthouse in Panama City on August 10, 2019. Martinelli’s cap reads “I survived Varela,” referring to Panama’s former President Juan Carlos Varela.
Blog Post by Will Freeman and Shannon K. O'Neil Latin America’s Moment

July 22, 2019

Development
Why Investing in Women Matters: Mainstreaming Women’s Economic Empowerment in the World’s Poorest Countries

Voices from the Field features contributions from scholars and practitioners highlighting new research, thinking, and approaches to development challenges. This post is authored by Esther Pan Sloane,…

Fofanan Man, a 59-year-old businesswoman, poses for a photograph in front of textiles in her shop in Bouake, Ivory Coast.
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Women Around the World Women Around the World

April 16, 2023

Mexico
Back to the Future in U.S.-Mexican Relations

Human rights and the rule of law in Mexico are under siege. It would be a grave error for the United States to believe that its only interests there are trade and border security, and do not include …

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

June 22, 2020

Nigeria
Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: June 13–19

This update represents violence in Nigeria and related to Boko Haram in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger from June 13 to 19, 2020.

Map of Nigeria shaded in red to reflect Nigeria Security Tracker-documented deaths per state. Borno state, the northeastern-most state, is dark red, while the rest of the country are shades of pink.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition