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August 11, 2020

Southeast Asia
Mainland Southeast Asia's Battle Against COVID-19

With the exception of Thailand, the five countries of mainland Southeast Asia are some of the poorest in the Asia-Pacific region. According to the World Bank, Cambodia has a per capita GDP of around …

Students of Sam Khok school wearing face masks and face shields sit as they attend a flag-raising ceremony after the Thai government eased isolation measures and introduced social distancing to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as schools nationwide reopened, at Pathum Thani province, Thailand on July 1, 2020.

May 24, 2024

United States
Remembering a Fallen Hero on Memorial Day

The story of an American who died in service to his country.

A man as viewed tracing a name from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall.

June 10, 2022

Nigeria
Tinubu’s Emergence Sets the Stage for Titanic Presidential Battle, but Mood in the Country Is Foul

Nigeria’s two major political parties have now picked their presidential candidates, but commotion across the country casts a shadow over the politics. 

Nigeria APC presidential candidate Tinubu holds a flag up with the help of two individuals while smiling.

March 5, 2013

Cuba
Chávez Loses Battle to Cancer

After fourteen years in power, Vice President Nicolás Maduro announced this evening that President Hugo Chávez had lost his long and secretive battle with cancer. Chávez’s legacy will surely be mixed…

chavez dies - LAM

July 1, 2021

Asia
Winning the Public Diplomacy Battle in the South China Sea

Captain Robert Francis is an officer in the U.S. Navy, specializing in surface ships, and a former military fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.  Lieutenant Commander Roswell Lary is a Fore…

From right, the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Akizuki-class destroyer JS Teruzuki, and the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Mustin sail in formation in the Philippine Sea, on July 19, 2020.