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January 7, 2025

Human Rights
Why Amnesty International Suspended Its Israel Branch

The Israel Branch of Amnesty International has been suspended by Amnesty's top brass for the crime of asserting Amnesty's calumnies against Israel are false.

Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

December 20, 2024

United States
Transition 2025: Another Government Shutdown Looms

Each Friday, I examine what is happening with President-elect Donald Trump’s transition to the White House. This week: Donald Trump helped scuttle a deal to keep the U.S. government open but exposed …

32nd Day of 2019 Government Shutdown
Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

December 13, 2024

United States
Transition 2025: Events Will Test Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy Promises

Each Friday, I examine what is happening with President-elect Donald Trump’s transition to the White House. This week: Donald Trump is inheriting a difficult foreign policy inbox that may only get mo…

Trump takes the stage at the final rally of his 2024 presidential campaign
Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

November 8, 2024

United States
Transition 2025: Donald Trump Won the Presidency. Now He Needs to Staff His Administration

Each Friday, I examine what is happening with President-elect Donald Trump’s transition to the White House. This week: Presidential transitions are complicated affairs, especially when power passes f…

Trump Delivers Election Victory Speech on Wednesday Morning, November 6
Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

October 18, 2024

United States
Election 2024: Is the United States Ready to Confront the Axis of Autocracies?

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This week: Rising cooperation among China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea will likely test whoever takes office…

Putin and Kim Jong-un at Pyongyang Summit
Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

August 23, 2024

United States
Election 2024: Kamala Harris Makes Her Case to the Nation

This Week: The Democratic nominee said America has a “fleeting opportunity to move past the bitterness, cynicism and divisive battles of the past.”

Harris at DNC
Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

August 22, 2024

Sub-Saharan Africa
Uncivil Society

The standard state versus society framework for analyzing African politics is no longer fit for purpose.

Nigerian police personnel restrict protesters from convening for the sixth day of anti-government demonstrations against bad governance and economic hardship in Lagos, Nigeria on August 6, 2024.
Post by Ebenezer Obadare Africa in Transition

August 8, 2024

Cybersecurity
Cyber Week in Review: August 8, 2024

Google loses antitrust case; NIST publishes quantum standards; State officials condemn X's AI-fueled misinformation; UN finalizing cybercrime treaty; Digital repression spiked during and after Venezu…

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado addresses supporters during a march amid the disputed presidential election, in Caracas, Venezuela on August 3, 2024.
Post by Adam Segal and Kyle Fendorf Net Politics

July 29, 2024

Nigeria
A False Dilemma

Bad governance, not dissent, is the real threat to law and order in Nigeria.

Demonstrators hold placards during a protest against the hike in price and hard living conditions in Ibadan, Nigeria on February 19, 2024.
Post by Ebenezer Obadare Africa in Transition

July 16, 2024

Election 2024
Meet JD Vance, Republican Vice-Presidential Candidate

The Ohio senator is Donald Trump’s choice as his running mate for the 2024 presidential election.

JD Vance at the Republican National Convention
Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge