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October 18, 2024

Ethiopia
Tensions Rising in the Horn of Africa

In the Horn of Africa, the time is now for preventative diplomacy.

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud walks near a Turkish Navy Ship after it docked at the Mogadishu Sea Port following the signing of a defense and economic agreement between Somalia and Turkey in Mogadishu, Somalia on April 23, 2024.

November 5, 2018

United States
Litigating the Family Separation Policy: A Conversation With Muneer Ahmad

Senior Fellow Catherine Powell hosted a roundtable discussion with Muneer Ahmad, a leading voice and scholar on immigrant rights, on strategies for litigating the Trump administration’s family separa…

Central American asylum seekers wait as U.S. Border Patrol agents take them into custody near McAllen, Texas. The families were then sent to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) processing center for possible separation.

July 27, 2024

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Palestine and Jordan

A Palestinian-Jordanian confederation may be a more realistic outcome for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict than an independent and sovereign Palestinian state, as a former top Jordanian official prop…

October 24, 2013

China
Shazeda Ahmed: Saving Face in U.S.-China Space Relations

Shazeda Ahmed is an intern for Asia Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. In early- to mid-October, NASA came under fire for allegations of prejudice against Chinese scientists. Prominent sci…

The sun is captured over Earth's horizon by one of the Expedition 36 crew members aboard the International Space Station on May 21, 2013 (NASA/Courtesy Reuters).

May 31, 2024

Election 2024
Election 2024: Does Donald Trump’s Conviction Doom His Chances to Become President Again?

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: Trump’s conviction on thirty-four felony counts takes the U.S. presidential election into uncharted…

Trump as viewed leaving the courthouse in a blue tie.

October 9, 2023

Southeast Asia
How Southeast Asian States Are Responding to the Growing Middle East Conflict

Most Southeast Asian governments have issued muted statements regarding Israel's war with Hamas, except for Indonesia and Malaysia, the two largest Muslim-majority countries in the region.

Multiple soldiers wearing green fatigues stand next to the ruins of a bombed building.

January 10, 2024

Somalia
New Deals Open Old Wounds in the Horn of Africa

An already tense security environment in the Horn of Africa is growing even more perilous.

Somali protesters march against the Ethiopia-Somaliland port deal at the Yarisow stadium in Mogadishu, Somalia on January 3, 2024.