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January 31, 2024

Technology and Innovation
The Largest Senate Judiciary Committee Audience Is on Capitol Hill—and at Home—Today

Today's Senate hearing on big tech and the child exploitation crisis should remind the public of Section 230's provision on parental controls, and the real-world analogies to how social media platfor…

Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg returns to his seat after standing and facing the audience while he testified during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on online child sexual exploitation at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on January 31, 2024

January 22, 2024

United States
Responsible Consensus at the WTO Can Save the Global Trading System

The United States needs to convince holdouts such as India to support the concept of plurilateralism.

WTO

January 18, 2024

Nigeria
Acts of Privation

Feeling stuck and unheeded, young Nigerians are increasingly resorting to all manner of desperate measures.

A man looks on from the doorway of his home in Lagos, Nigeria.

January 18, 2024

Technology and Innovation
Don’t Let AI Become the Newest Digital Divide

AI will bring major breakthroughs in areas like education and medicine. However, lack of internet access could prevent many people from benefitting from these innovations.

10-year-old Fiammetta attends her online lessons surrounded by her shepherd father's herd of goats in the mountains, while schools are closed due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions, in Caldes, Italy.

January 12, 2024

United States
Election 2024: The Iowa Caucuses Are on Monday

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: Monday night’s Iowa Republican caucuses are the first official nominating event on the 2024 preside…

A snow truck as viewed clearing snow in front of the State Capitol Building in Iowa.

January 12, 2024

Technology and Innovation
Cyber Week in Review: January 12, 2024

SEC approves new Bitcoin ETFs; Ransomware hits Paraguayan telecommunications company; Huawei ending U.S. lobbying efforts; Chinese research group cracks Apple's AirDrop encryption; Meta will restrict…

The logo of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and a representation of Bitcoin cryptocurrency are seen in this illustration.

January 5, 2024

United States
Election 2024: The Third Anniversary of the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: Americans are divided over the meaning of January 6. 

Capitol Noose

January 3, 2024

Democratic Republic of Congo
History Breeds Skepticism in the DRC’s Electoral Results

Attempts to promote “stability” in 2019 bear predictable consequences in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s most recent election.

The Democratic Republic of Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi cheers at supporters after casting his vote at a polling station during the presidential election, in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo on December 20, 2023.

January 2, 2024

Peru
The Organized Crime Threat to Latin American Democracies

Governments have learned to manage many threats, but they are failing to curb the growing power of organized crime.

Photo of Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori attending a trial as a witness in 2018

December 29, 2023

Sexual Violence
Women This Week: Details From October 7 Reveal Sexual Violence

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 December 23 to December 29.

A girl helps to light a candle, as people gather for a candlelit vigil to mark the one-month anniversary of the October 7 deadly attack by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas on Israel, in Tel Aviv, Israel, November 7, 2023.