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July 5, 2023

Sierra Leone
Addressing Election Integrity in Sierra Leone

With recent questions surrounding the June 24 election in Sierra Leone, international partners must reevaluate their response to seriously flawed elections.

Election workers count ballots at a polling station in Sierra leone. A sign reads "polling station here."

June 7, 2023

United States
Meet Chris Christie, Republican Presidential Candidate

The former New Jersey governor announced his candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. 

Chris Christie

January 27, 2023

Sierra Leone
Women This Week: Women’s Rights Victory in Sierra Leone

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 January 21 to January 27.

A Sierra Leonen woman carries a pot of peanuts on her head in Freetown, Sierra Leone, December 16, 2014.

January 3, 2023

Technology and Innovation
The War Over the World's Most Critical Technology: A Conversation with Chris Miller

Semiconductors have become a major geopolitical issue, especially in the U.S.-China rivalry. David Sacks and Chris Miller discuss how semiconductors became a flash point and what the future holds for…

Workers wearing white PPE move stacks of semiconductors around a large room with glass walls.

October 23, 2019

Sierra Leone
Behind Sierra Leone’s Ambitious, Tech-Driven Development Plan

Sierra Leone currently ranks as one of the least developed countries in the world, with a GDP per capita of less than $300 and high levels of poverty. But President Julius Maada Bio has charted an ambitious development plan for the small West African country. Since 2017, President Bio has overseen increased investment in advanced technologies in the hopes of spurring development.

President Julius Maada Bio sits with his hands clasped at a desk.