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February 23, 2024

Maternal and Child Health
Women This Week: Wife of Russian Opposition Leader Vows to Carry on His Work

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers February 17 to February 23.

A woman takes part in a rally in support of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Omsk, Russia January 23, 2021.
Blog Post by Noël James Women Around the World

March 29, 2024

United States
Election 2024: Are Republicans Turning Isolationist?

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: Many Republicans have lost faith in their party’s traditional embrace of internationalism.

Sunset
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

September 27, 2023

South Korea
The Camp David Trilateral Summit Expands Trilateralism Beyond North Korea

The inclusion of China in addition to North Korea as a shared security concern among the United States, South Korea, and Japan has established a new milestone for strengthened trilateral cooperation…

U.S. President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio, and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol arrive for a joint press conference during the trilateral summit at Camp David on August 18, 2023.
Blog Post by Scott A. Snyder Asia Unbound

May 8, 2013

Israel
Middle East Diplomacy: Forgetting the Past

During Secretary of State Kerry’s visit to Moscow, it seems we have proposed an international conference on Syria as a step toward peace there. Here is the BBC version: Russia and the US have agreed…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

December 16, 2016

Americas
This Week in Markets and Democracy: Asian Trade Openness, Palm Oil Abuses, Global Magnitsky

Trade Rules Favor Asia, Not the United States Asia’s rise in the global trading system continues. Recent World Economic Forum data shows that the ten Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) m…

A worker unloads palm fruit at a palm oil plantation in Peat Jaya, Jambi province on the Indonesian island of Sumatra September 15, 2015 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. September 15, 2015 (Reuters/Wahyu Putro A/Antara Foto).
Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil Development Channel

November 15, 2013

United States
This Week: Syrian Accord, Iranian Discord, and an End to Egyptian Emergency

Syria. The Syrian Opposition Coalition voted to attend the upcoming peace conference in Geneva, though the decision was conditional on the Syrian government allowing aid shipments to rebel held areas…

Egypt's interim President Adly Mansour meets with Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and defense minister Sergei Shoigu Cairo, November 14, 2013 (Dalsh/Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by Robert Danin Middle East Matters