President Bush’s five-country trip to Africa is organized to showcase his policy successes on the continent.

U.S. foreign policy is largely directed by presidents, but Congress does have considerable influence, as this CFR Backgrounder explains.

This publication is now archived. What are the organizational challenges of the January 30 Iraqi elections?The main one is the threat of violence from the ongoing insurgency. Against that background,…

NCDs such as cancer and heart disease are becoming leading causes of death in the developing world and will be the focus of a September UN meeting. But health experts and others are divided about how…

This publication is now archived. What is driving the Iraqi insurgency?Two years after the inception of the insurgency, experts remain divided on what principal force is fueling it. Experts say the i…