October 15, 2018
Southeast AsiaLast week, following Jair Bolsonaro’s performance in the first round of Brazil’s presidential elections, when bolson exceeded predictions and won 46 percent of the first round vote, this column exami…
September 22, 2017
QatarMarc Lynch and Kristian Coates Ulrichsen break down the crisis in the Gulf. Four stories about Middle Eastern women and their hijabs.
April 24, 2017
Alex Grigsby is the assistant director of the Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program and Lorand Laskai is a research associate in the Asia Program at the Council on Foreign Relations. You can follow L…
June 13, 2011
Middle East and North AfricaOn June 3 I wrote here about some good news from Bahrain. The king had lifted the state of emergency and called for dialogue, the main opposition group Al Wefaq had accepted the request, and the fore…
August 20, 2014
Middle East and North AfricaIn a recent post, found here, I noted the widespread failure of news media sites to say straightforwardly that Hamas has broken several cease fires. This just happened again, so herewith a couple of …
May 17, 2007
EconomicsEveryone in Bolivia is focusing on the shift toward "participatory democracy," from the previous "representative democracy." Some embrace this change enthusiastically, while others view it warily. Wh…
March 11, 2013
DevelopmentHow does inequality affect economic growth? Question of the Week posts review important questions and controversies in global development by providing background information and links to a full spec…
July 18, 2012
Sub-Saharan AfricaIs Chinese aid and investment a positive force for development in Africa? This is the second Question of the Week post about Chinese involvement in Africa. Last week, we focused on China’s South-Sou…
January 26, 2011
EgyptNo way to confirm: Reports that the army has taken over for the police in Suez.