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March 15, 2024

Demonstrations and Protests
Women This Week: Thousands of Women Gather Despite Protest Ban in Turkey

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 March 9 to March 15.

A demonstrator shouts slogans as they gather near Taksim Square to mark International Women's Day, in Istanbul, Turkey March 8, 2024.

January 23, 2024

United States
CFR Fellows' Book Launch Series: The World That Wasn't: Henry Wallace and the Fate of the American Century by Benn Steil

Henry Wallace is the most important, and certainly the most fascinating, almost-president in American history. As FDR’s third-term vice president, and a hero to many progressives, he lost his place o…

Play Henry Wallace standing in front of a plane waving his hat in the air as he arrives at London Airport.

December 28, 2023

United States
Remembering Ten Americans Who Died in 2023

As 2023 comes to a close, here are ten Americans we lost this year who made a mark in foreign policy. 

Half-staff flag

November 29, 2023

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Academic Webinar: Public Opinion on Israel and Palestine

Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat professor for peace and development at the University of Maryland and nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, leads the conversation on public opinion on …

Play Palestinian and Israeli flags.

October 25, 2023

Military Operations
Academic Webinar: Military Strategy in the Contemporary World

Stephen Biddle, adjunct senior fellow for defense policy at CFR and professor of international and public affairs at Columbia University, leads the conversation on military strategy in the contempora…

Play Soldiers.

September 13, 2023

Women and Foreign Policy Program
The TikTok Trap

TikTok is an easy scapegoat, but the lack of tech regulation and data protection is the underlying cause of our collective anxiety in the digital age.

TikTok Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew testifies before a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing, sitting in front of a screen showing "deadly TikTok challenges."

September 13, 2023

Technology and Innovation
The TikTok Trap

TikTok is an easy scapegoat, but the lack of tech regulation and data protection is the underlying cause of our collective anxiety in the digital age.

TikTok Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew testifies before a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing, sitting in front of a screen showing "deadly TikTok challenges."

August 8, 2023

Africa Program
LGBTQ+ Rights in Africa

Panelists discuss the status of LGBTQ+ rights in Africa, along with the opportunities and challenges of U.S. foreign policy and U.S. aid in advancing equality and human rights in the region. 

Play An LGBT activist holds the rainbow flag during a court hearing in the Milimani high Court in Nairobi in Nairobi, Kenya.