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 covers November 11 to November 17.

When conventional tools of resistance have failed or been compromised, humor has been a weapon of last resort for the African subaltern.  

Guatemala’s protest movement goes national; Latin America’s meddlesome ex-presidents; U.S. border crisis and geopolitical turmoil are taking the pressure off Maduro.

The furor over Nigerian President Bola Tinubu’s academic records is less about his person and more about the character of Nigerian society.  

The phenomenon of state-sponsored weddings across Nigeria’s predominantly Muslim northern region raises pertinent questions on the limits of political benevolence.

High-level attendance at this year’s Belt and Road forum is down, but BRI still has support in the Global South and will be used by Beijing to strengthen the Global South as a counterweight to the U…

Ten people who passed away this year who shaped world affairs for better or worse.

Bolsonaro’s legal troubles begin; Guatemalan presidential candidates Torres and Arévalo head for second round.