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June 1, 2012

United States
Who Will Investigate the Leaks?

Today’s New York Times carries a story revealing that "From his first months in office, President Obama secretly ordered increasingly sophisticated attacks on the computer systems that run Iran’s mai…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

October 29, 2015

Human Rights
Women Around the World: This Week

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,  from October 23 to October 28, was compiled by Va…

A girl plays with her father as he and fellow worshippers attend Friday prayers at Tehran University
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Women Around the World Women Around the World

January 23, 2019

Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Gender, Masculinities, and Counterterrorism

A growing body of research has made the case that counter-terrorism and CVE would benefit from a more nuanced gender lens. What remains under-studied—and generally absent from policy discussions—is w…

Members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia stand during a ceremony at a camp in the Colombian mountains.
Blog Post by Catherine Powell and Guest Blogger for Women Around the World Women Around the World

March 8, 2012

Middle East and North Africa
R2P, R.I.P.

It was during Kofi Annan’s tenure as Secretary General of the United Nations (1997-2006) that the “Responsibility to Protect” became a major item on the international scene.  That is no feather in hi…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

August 2, 2011

Sub-Saharan Africa
Somalia Famine Finally Captures the News Cycle

Eastern Africa: Drought-Humanitarian Snapshot, 29 July 2011 (Courtesy of UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs). A full pdf is available here: http://reliefweb.int/node/438043. Tod…

Somalia Famine Finally Captures the News Cycle
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition