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April 22, 2024

Nigeria
The Record Breakers

Nigerians’ seemingly coordinated assault on the Guinness World Records offers a didactic lens into the national psyche and the state of the nation.

People cheer as Nigerian Chef Hilda Bassey attempts to break the Guinness World Record for the longest cooking time by an individual, in Lagos, Nigeria on May 15, 2023.
Blog Post by Ebenezer Obadare Africa in Transition

March 12, 2013

China
Poison Air, Dead Pigs, and Cancer Rice: The Reform China Really Needs

The bad news doesn’t stop coming. First, Beijing residents learned that breathing their air on a daily basis was akin to living in a smoking lounge. Then Guangdong residents learned that Hunan rice s…

Cleaning workers retrieve the carcasses of pigs from a branch of Huangpu River in Shanghai on March 10, 2013.
Blog Post by Elizabeth C. Economy Asia Unbound

January 8, 2024

Taiwan
U.S.-South Korea Policy Coordination on Maritime Security

On November 14, 2023, the Council on Foreign Relations’ program on U.S.-Korea Policy held an in-person workshop on U.S.-South Korea policy coordination toward China on maritime security.

Te-An Lien of Taiwan carries the national flag during the opening ceremony for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea, on February 9, 2018.
Blog Post by Jennifer Ahn Asia Unbound

July 13, 2023

Climate Change
The President’s Inbox Recap: What Climate Change Means for the Bay of Bengal

Rising sea levels and hotter temperatures threaten the Bay of Bengal.

Trees as seen blowing in the strong winds from a cyclone.
Blog Post by Michelle Kurilla The Water's Edge

February 25, 2011

Morocco
The 2003 Bargain with Qaddafi

Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi meets with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Tripoli on September 5, 2008. (Stringer(LIBYA)/Courtesy Reuters) In an article in the Wall Street Journal today, …

Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi meets with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Tripoli on September 5, 2008.
Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

March 6, 2019

Women and Women's Rights
Five Questions on How Diversity Strengthens Foreign Policy: Jendayi E. Frazer

The Five Questions Series is a forum for scholars, government officials, civil society leaders, and foreign policy practitioners to provide timely analysis of new developments related to the advancem…

Jendayi E. Frazer
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Women Around the World Women Around the World