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July 17, 2023

Nigeria
Asset Stripping

What attitudes toward public infrastructure tell us about the state of the social contract in Nigeria.

Members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASAN), walk with signs during a protest over crude oil theft.
Blog Post by Ebenezer Obadare Africa in Transition

June 21, 2019

Women and Women's Rights
Women This Week: Swiss Women on Strike

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, covering June 8 to June 20, was compiled by Mallor…

Protesters at a demonstration during the women's strike (Frauenstreik) in Zurich, Switzerland June 14, 2019.
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Women Around the World Women Around the World

April 3, 2023

United States
Asa Hutchinson: A Distinguished Career in Domestic Counterterrorism

The veteran Republican politician tackled the violent far right in the 1980s, with considerable success.

Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson speaks at the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio
Blog Post by Jacob Ware Renewing America

July 23, 2021

Oceans and Seas
Five Movies Worth Watching About Conflict at Sea

Every summer Friday, we suggest foreign-policy-themed movies worth watching. This week: films about stormy relationships and battles at sea.

Three movie posters in black frames. From left: Run Silent, Run Deep (two men in khaki uniforms above a sinking ship); Mister Roberts (four men in khaki uniforms look off the edge of a ship); Dunkirk (a young man looks out into a chaotic ocean).
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay and Margaret Gach The Water's Edge

November 13, 2015

Russia
This Week in Markets in Democracy: Election in India, Kenyan Corruption, End of BRICS

CFR’s Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy (CSMD) Program highlights noteworthy events and articles each Friday in “This Week in Markets and Democracy.”  Modi’s Electoral Defeat While polarizing p…

Supporters of Janata Dal (United) celebrate after learning the initial results outside the party office in New Delhi, India, November 8, 2015. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was heading for a heavy defeat on Sunday in a key election in India's third most populous state Bihar, signalling the waning power of a leader who until recently had an unrivalled reputation as a vote winner. Modi's second straight state election setback will galvanise opposition parties, embolden rivals in his own party and diminish his
Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil Development Channel