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March 27, 2024

Grand Strategy
The President’s Inbox Recap: The Case for U.S. Retrenchment Overseas

Proponents of retrenchment want the United States to do less overseas.

Nine boats with alternating flags of the United States and South Korea as viewed lined up in a row.

March 27, 2024

Humanitarian Intervention
When Non-Intervention Becomes a Dogma

Sometimes the only thing worse than foreign intervention is non-intervention.

A silhouette of a large tank is shown outside with a man in uniform sitting on top.

March 27, 2024

United States
Modernizing the Federal Student Loan Experience

President Biden wants to modernize the federal student loan system. The U.S. Postal Service and Affordable Care Act can show him how.

Education

March 25, 2024

Indonesia
Five Things to Expect from a Prabowo Presidency

Prabowo Subianto was named the winner of the Indonesian presidential election. But it is unclear which version of Prabowo—the more moderate candidate from the campaign trail or the self-styled strong…

Indonesian president-elect wears a white button-down shirt and traditional black hat as he raises his fist in the air and holds a microphone in the other hand.

March 25, 2024

Maternal and Child Health
Women This Week: Gambia Moves to Reverse Ban on Female Genital Mutilation

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 16 to March 22.

Gambians protest against a bill aimed at decriminalizing female genital mutilation as parliament debates the bill in Banjul, Gambia March, 18, 2024.

March 22, 2024

Technology and Innovation
Cyber Week in Review: March 22, 2024

UN passes AI resolution; DOJ sues Apple; Google demonstrates new AI system; Supreme Court hears Murthy v. Missouri arguments; Secretary of State Blinken announces new information resilience initiativ…

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to the media, before departing, at Ben Gurion International airport, Tel Aviv, Israel, March 22, 2024.

March 22, 2024

United States
Election 2024 Roundup: Are Americans Turning Isolationist?

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: Much like talk of Mark Twain’s death, claims that Americans are turning their back on the world are…

The sun as viewed disappearing beneath the horizon.

March 21, 2024

United States
Women Voters’ Pivotal Role in Electing the Next U.S. President

The 2024 U.S. presidential election could be the first election clearly decided by women, in a landmark assertion of power by the majority.

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March 20, 2024

South Korea
The U.S. Election and South Korean Anxieties

Today is my last day at CFR, which marks the conclusion of over fifteen years of contributions to Asia Unbound. My publications and contributions to CFR remain in archives on the website. 

Military personnel carry U.S. and South Korean flags as people wait for an official state arrival ceremony for South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and First Lady Kim Keon Hee on the South Lawn of the White House on April 26, 2023.

March 19, 2024

Southeast Asia
Southeast Asian States Struggle to Address the War in Gaza

Southeast Asian responses to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in Gaza have aligned with each country’s broader foreign policy stances.

Malaysian prime mnister stands amid supporters wearing a white shirt and Palestinian keffiyeh while waving to audience.