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March 19, 2024

Palestinian Territories
Who Governs the Palestinians?

Power in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, the so-called Palestinian territories, has been divided among three entities: a governing body called the Palestinian Authority, the militant group Hamas, a…

Palestinians wave their national flag as they rally beneath images of President Mahmoud Abbas and his predecessor, Yasser Arafat

September 25, 2020

China
Religion in China

As more people in China practice religion, the government continues to toughen oversight, increase religious persecution, and attempt to co-opt state-sanctioned religious organizations.

People kneel and pray in a mosque in Shanghai, China.

November 22, 2005

Ukraine
One Year After Ukraine’s ‘Orange Revolution’

This publication is now archived. What was Ukraine’s “Orange Revolution?”Cfr.org’s Lionel Beehner reports from Kiev: The announcement last November that Viktor Yanukovych—the chosen successor to Leo…

December 5, 2008

Tibet
The Question of Tibet

A primer on the dispute over Tibet’s sovereignty, which has risen to public attention following recent protests in Lhasa and demonstrations surrounding the 2008 Olympic Games.