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 April 20 to April 26.

The G20 Leaders’ Summit presents host India with a risk and an opportunity as it seeks to balance geopolitical tensions while trying to bolster its role as a voice for the Global South.

At 32 years old, Mercosur faces an existential crisis; Petro signals a big shift on drug policy; Massa’s last-ditch election spending will hobble the next government.

China unveils Global AI Governance Initiative; U.S. expands microchip controls; X tests charging Twitter users; Five Eyes warns of Chinese espionage; FBI seizes North Korean IT domains.

The inclusion of China in addition to North Korea as a shared security concern among the United States, South Korea, and Japan has established a new milestone for strengthened trilateral cooperation…

The U.S.-Japan-South Korea summit at Camp David reflects trilateral institutionalization. However, the real threat to effective trilateralism lies in the domestic political environments of the three …

This update represents violence in Nigeria and related to Boko Haram in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger from May 20 to May 26, 2023. 

International arrivals to China seem to be picking back up as Beijing seeks to use tourism to boost its stagnating domestic economy.