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September 20, 2012

Development
Emerging Voices: Alicia Ely Yamin on Defining the Next Set of Global Development Goals

Emerging Voices features regular contributions from scholars and practitioners highlighting new research, thinking, and approaches to development challenges. This article is from Alicia Ely Yamin, le…

UN-Millennium-Development-Goals-Summit-Ban-Ki-Moon-Post-2015-Agenda-Global-Poverty

November 24, 2023

United States
Election 2024: Election 2024 Will Decide Who Controls Congress

Every Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This week: The 2024 election will decide whether the next president will face a friendly or a hostile Congres…

Capitol Building Blog Photo II

September 9, 2021

Nigeria
Boko Haram Capture of Military Equipment Fuels Lake Chad Insurgency

A new report shows that the quantities of lethal materiel seized by Boko Haram from state stockpiles are astonishingly high, and the range of weapon systems lost is worryingly extensive. The diversion of contingent-owned equipment (COE)—that is, government-owned materiel—from the four Lake Chad Basin countries participating in and alongside the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) has occurred on a level unprecedented on the African continent.

Two solders crouch on one knee, one with an assault rifle pointed forward, the other with his rifle aimed at the ground. Behind them is a Toyota pickup truck with a mounted gun in the back, with another soldier manning the gun.

February 3, 2020

Nigeria
Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: January 25–31

This update represents violence in Nigeria and related to Boko Haram in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger from January 25 to 31, 2020.

Map of Nigeria shaded to reflect NST-documented deaths per state.

June 20, 2023

Taiwan
Why Is Taiwan Important to the United States?

Taiwan’s fate will have major implications for U.S. security and prosperity. It will also bear on fundamental questions of international order and the future of democracy.

Taipei, the capital of Taiwan, is seen from an aerial view.