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October 13, 2022

Tanzania
Maasai Evictions Highlight Conflict Between “Preservation” and Citizenship

The regional court’s ruling in favor of the Tanzanian government has serious implications for indigenous citizenship rights and the state of democracy in the country. 

A man wearing red stands in the middle of the road filled with tear gas, while a police officer dressed in blue blows a whistle.
Blog Post by Reina Patel Africa in Transition

October 11, 2023

Religion
What I Would Say to the Synod

The Roman Catholic Church's Synod can reassert Church leadership on human rights--or fail to do so.

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

August 28, 2023

Cybersecurity
There’s A Cop In My Pocket: Policymakers Need to Stop Advocating Surveillance by Default.

Encryption, cybersecurity, and technology policies, like the RESTRICT and EARN-IT Acts, with nonexistent tradeoffs address symptoms, not problems, and they do it badly.    

People gather at a small rally in support of Apple's refusal to help the FBI access the cell phone of a gunman involved in the killings of 14 people in San Bernardino, California.
Blog Post by Tarah Wheeler and Geoffrey Cain Net Politics

July 23, 2021

Oceans and Seas
Five Movies Worth Watching About Conflict at Sea

Every summer Friday, we suggest foreign-policy-themed movies worth watching. This week: films about stormy relationships and battles at sea.

Three movie posters in black frames. From left: Run Silent, Run Deep (two men in khaki uniforms above a sinking ship); Mister Roberts (four men in khaki uniforms look off the edge of a ship); Dunkirk (a young man looks out into a chaotic ocean).
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay and Margaret Gach The Water's Edge

December 9, 2022

Cybersecurity
Cyber Week in Review: December 9, 2022

Apple continues moving production out of China; APT 41 accused of stealing COVID relief funds; House votes on NDAA; Netherlands will align with U.S. export controls; Maryland bans Tiktok on some phon…

Governor Larry Hogan in the process of raising his hand.
Blog Post by Adam Segal Net Politics

July 9, 2019

Zimbabwe
Wildlife Conservation in Africa, Outrage in the West, and Cecil the Lion

Four years ago, on July 2, 2015, a Minneapolis Dentists killed a well-known Lion, Cecil, in a Zimbabwe trophy hunt with a bow and arrow. Cecil was something of a star in the developed world.

A man dressed as Cecil the Lion on a subway platform in New York.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition