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April 14, 2021
Southeast Asia
ASEAN’s Myanmar Crisis
With the situation in Myanmar disintegrating into chaos, and Myanmar possibly becoming a potential failed state, some regional powers, including the United States and Australia, have taken significan…
August 3, 2017
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asian Perspectives on U.S.–China Competition
Southeast Asians inhabit a region increasingly shaped by competition between the United States and China. This report highlights the perspectives of leading scholars of international affairs from Southeast Asia on important issues facing the region.
August 12, 2021
Women and Women's Rights
Women This Week: Pakistani Activists Call for Domestic Violence Law
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 August 3 to August 11.
June 29, 2018
Wars and Conflict
Global Conflict This Week: June 29, 2018
Developments in conflicts across the world that you might have missed this week.
January 30, 2014
Sub-Saharan Africa
Repatriating Somali Refugees: A Kenyan National Security Red Herring
This is a guest post by Alex Dick-Godfrey, program coordinator, Studies administration for the Council on Foreign Relations Studies program. Even before the Westgate Mall attack in Nairobi, Kenya l…
October 14, 2011
Sub-Saharan Africa
Mobile Phones in Africa
A vendor hawks second-hand mobile phones at the sprawling Kibera slum, one of the largest and poorest slums in Africa, near Kenya's capital Nairobi August 26, 2011. (Noor Khamis/Courtesy Reuters) A …
April 7, 2014
Genocide and Mass Atrocities
Atrocity Prevention Since the Rwandan Genocide
Has the world progressed since 1994 in stopping mass atrocities? Concerted efforts by states, institutions, and NGOs make them less likely, write CFR’s Paul Stares and Anna Feuer.
July 1, 2020
Afghanistan
A Failed Afghan Peace Deal
The United States has reached an agreement with the Taliban, but significant challenges, such as political power-sharing, the role of Islam, and women’s rights, remain for achieving intra-Afghan peac…
December 7, 2016
Conflict Prevention
How Women’s Participation in Conflict Prevention and Resolution Advances Security Interests
State fragility poses a significant threat to international security, contributing to conflict onset and relapse, the global refugee crisis, the expansion of extremist groups, and public health emerg…
September 21, 2010
Capital Flows
U.S-India Economic Relations
As India's economy continues its strong rebound from the global economic and financial crisis at the same time that the United States faces high unemployment, fears about a double dip recession, and …
