224 Results for:
Filters

June 14, 2013

Iran
Weekend Reading: Parks and Turks, Red Lines, and Iran’s Elections

Timur Hammond and Elizabeth Angell discuss the transformation of Turkey’s public spaces into spheres of public and engaged discourse. The full text of Deputy National Security Advisor Benjamin Rhode…

WeekendReading06142013
Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

June 13, 2019

Cybersecurity
Cyber Week in Review: June 14, 2019

This week: POTUS muddies the water on Huawei; G20 taxes big tech; Bolton and offensive cyber; Zuckerberg deepfake; and China disrupts Telegram

People attend a rally in support of demonstrators protesting against proposed extradition bill with China, in Hong Kong, China, June 14, 2019.
Blog Post by Adam Segal Net Politics

March 30, 2015

Sub-Saharan Africa
The Nigerian Elections–Before the Results

The Nigerian presidential polling, initially scheduled for Saturday, March 28, was extended in some areas to Sunday, March 29, because of technical glitches. Attahiru Jega, the Chairman of the Indepe…

Protesters in Rivers
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

March 3, 2021

Nigeria
Mass Kidnapping in Nigeria Captures International Attention—Again

On February 27 "bandits" attacked the Government Girls Secondary School in Jangebe, Zamfara State and kidnapped some three hundred girls. Government reaction was predictable: search-and-rescue missions and strong statements.

A line of young girls, most without shoes and wearing blue Islamic headdress, leave a building after being released from captivity by bandits. A Nigerian policeman carrying an assault rifle is standing next to the line of girls.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

May 31, 2019

Women and Women's Rights
Women This Week: Electoral Gains Across the Globe

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post, covering May 18 to May 28, was compiled by Rebecca…

Women at a polling station during the first phase of general election in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, 2019.
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Women Around the World Women Around the World