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July 22, 2024

Bangladesh
Bangladesh’s Student Protests Are the Latest Sign of Sheikh Hasina’s Increasingly Brittle Autocracy

Student-led protests in Dhaka demonstrate popular discontent toward Sheikh Hasina’s repressive governance.

A protestor stands in the street with his hands outstrectched and other protestors gesture.

July 22, 2024

Nigeria
A Sense of Foreboding

Nigerians’ frustration with the Tinubu government threatens to spill over.

Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) protest against the high cost of living and massive suffering following a hike in petrol and devaluation of the Naira in Lagos, Nigeria February 27, 2024

July 25, 2024

Japan
Japan's Response to Campaign Violence

The recent assassination attempt against Republican Party presidential candidate Donald J. Trump shocked Americans and reminded Japanese of their own experience with violence on the campaign trail.

Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida attends the state funeral for slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo, Japan

July 11, 2012

Middle East and North Africa
Young Jews and Israel

The past year has seen a long debate about whether young American Jews are becoming alienated from Israel. This assertion was the central argument in an article and then a book by Peter Beinart, who …

October 29, 2019

Climate Change
The President's Inbox: The Coming Climate Disruption with Alice Hill

The latest episode of The President’s Inbox is live. I sat down with Alice Hill, CFR’s senior fellow for climate change policy, to talk about the coming climate disruption. Alice is the coauthor of B…

Firefighters battle a wildfire north of Los Angeles on October 25.

July 17, 2024

Uganda
Uganda’s Inventive Protest Culture

In the face of growing repression, Ugandans continue to find new and creative ways to combat the entrenched system of state capture.  

Police officers detain a Ugandan activist participating in a demonstration over proposed plans by Total Energies and the Ugandan government to build the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), in Kampala, Uganda on September 15, 2023.

July 19, 2024

Election 2024
Election 2024: Will Joe Biden Exit the Presidential Race?

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: Joe Biden faces renewed pressure from Democratic lawmakers and donors to let someone else run again…

Biden Boarding Air Force One