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March 4, 2024

Haiti
Haiti’s Troubled Path to Development

Hobbled by foreign interventions, political instability, and natural disasters, the former French colony is paralyzed by multiple crises.

A Haitian girl walks through a garbage-filled ravine in Port-au-Prince.
Backgrounder by Diana Roy and Rocio Cara Labrador

March 24, 2006

Israel
Israel Election Preview

Ariel Sharon’s break from the Likud party and formation of a centrist party, Kadima, fundamentally changed the landscape of Israeli politics even before his debilitating stroke in early January. Now …

Backgrounder by Esther Pan

July 12, 2023

Middle East and North Africa
What Is U.S. Policy on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?

The United States has long tried to negotiate a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but several factors, including deep divisions between and within the parties and declining U.S. interes…

A Palestinian uses a ladder to climb over the wall separating the Israeli and Palestinian sides of the West Bank.
Backgrounder by Kali Robinson

May 6, 2005

United States
RUSSIA: U.S.-Russia Relations

This publication is now archived. What is on President Bush’s agenda when he visits Moscow this weekend?Bush is officially traveling to Russia to commemorate the 60th anniversary of VE Day, the Allie…

Backgrounder by Lionel Beehner

November 1, 2005

Kashmir
India-Pakistan: Peace After the Earthquake?

This publication is now archived. Could the October 8 earthquake help bring peace between India and Pakistan?India and Pakistan have clashed over the disputed region of Kashmir since 1947, when the t…

Backgrounder by Esther Pan