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July 25, 2023

Latin America
Latin America This Week: July 25, 2023

Peru shows no economy is insulated from politics forever; Panama and few others bat above the average on anticorruption; Xóchitl Gálvez puts opposition on the map ahead of Mexico’s 2024 presidential …

Panama’s former President Ricardo Martinelli waves to supporters while leaving a courthouse in Panama City on August 10, 2019. Martinelli’s cap reads “I survived Varela,” referring to Panama’s former President Juan Carlos Varela.
Blog Post by Will Freeman and Shannon K. O'Neil Latin America’s Moment

December 7, 2023

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Fighting Resumes in Gaza, EU Summit’s Ukraine Challenge, Egypt’s Elections, and More

Palestinian civilians find fewer safe places to shelter as Israeli forces expand ground operations south in the Gaza Strip; European Union (EU) leaders discuss prospects for more aid and EU membershi…

Podcast Palestinians fleeing fierce battles between the Israeli army and Hamas from the city of Khan Yunis towards the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December 5, 2023.
Podcast by Robert McMahon and Carla Anne Robbins The World Next Week

January 26, 2024

Cybersecurity
Cyber Week in Review: January 26, 2024

Fake robocalls imitate Joe Biden in New Hampshire; U.S. launches AI research initiative; Microsoft breached by Russian hackers; Pegasus spyware found on phones of Togolese journalists; Australia, UK,…

Voters line up to cast their ballots in the New Hampshire presidential primary election, in Londonderry, New Hampshire.
Blog Post by Kat Duffy and Kyle Fendorf Net Politics

July 7, 2022

Middle East and North Africa
Biden’s Middle East Trip, Meeting With AMLO, and More

U.S. President Joe Biden visits Israel, the West Bank, and Saudi Arabia and prepares for a meeting with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Meanwhile, the United Kingdom reacts to the resi…

Podcast U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is greeted by Saudi Foreign Minister Price Saud Al-Faisal upon his arrival at Riyadh airbase from his 2011 visit as Vice President
Podcast by James M. Lindsay and Steven A. Cook The World Next Week

December 22, 2023

Public Health Threats and Pandemics
Fentanyl and the U.S. Opioid Epidemic

Opioid addiction has become one of the United States’ biggest killers, endangering public health, the economy, and national security. But closing the floodgates on fentanyl poses a significant foreig…

Photos of fentanyl victims are on display at The Faces of Fentanyl Memorial at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration headquarters.
Backgrounder by Claire Klobucista and Mariel Ferragamo

March 10, 2022

Latin America
Mexico's Democracy Is Crumbling Under AMLO

Halfway through his term, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is moving from bending democratic norms and laws to breaking them—a slide that the U.S. cannot afford to ignore.

Mexican president looks up and to the left
Article by Shannon K. O'Neil Latin America Studies Program