September 24, 2018
United NationsThe UN General Assembly hosts a much-watched high-level debate of world leaders each year but has struggled to make its work more substantive. The seventy-third session will likely be dominated by is…
February 8, 2006
Palestinian TerritoriesAs Hamas prepares to take over the government of the Palestinian Authority, CFR.org profiles some of its most prominent leaders.
March 17, 2006
United StatesThe U.S. government has several channels for promoting democracy, but a plethora of independent U.S. organizations with that same mandate also exist, with varying degrees of financial dependency on t…
May 19, 2006
Elections and VotingCyprus’ parliamentary elections are the first since the 2004 referendum on Kofi Annan’s plan for reunification was voted down, and the first since the country’s accession to the EU that same year. Th…
March 27, 2006
Terrorism and CounterterrorismThe prosecution of alleged terrorists in U.S. civilian criminal courts and in new military tribunals has been fraught with controversy. U.S. federal courts have gradually asserted their role in the m…
April 6, 2006
ItalyItalians will head to the polls for parliamentary elections on April 9 and 10 to determine whether Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi or challenger Romano Prodi and his center-left coalition wi…
March 3, 2014
Global GovernanceAfter more than three decades of existence, the Group of Eight (G8) is struggling to defend its relevance amid criticism of its limited membership and lack of a compliance mechanism.