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July 2, 2012

Politics and Government
Hola, Enrique Peña Nieto: President-Elect of Mexico

Enrique Peña Nieto had a very good weekend. While Americans were grumbling about record-breaking heat and residents of Washington, D.C., were learning to live without air conditioning because powerfu…

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Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

February 13, 2018

Trade
Adapting International Trade Institutions to New Realities

International trade institutions should be reformed with a focus on increasing public support for the rules-orientated system.

Macri MC11 International Trade
Report by Felix Pena International Institutions and Global Governance Program

November 30, 2012

The World Next Week: Pena Nieto Assumes Office, Climate Change Conference Continues in Qatar, and NASA Announces Mars Findings

The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed the presidential inauguration in Mexico; the UN Climate Change Conference in Qatar; and the highly anticipated announcement from NASA re…

Mexico's president-elect Enrique Pena Nieto talks to the media in Lima, Peru, in September (Mariana Bazo/Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

March 11, 2024

Mexico
CFR Fellows' Book Launch Series: From Peril to Partnership by Paul J. Angelo

In From Peril to Partnership, using case studies of Colombia and Mexico, Paul Angelo evaluates the efficacy of U.S. security assistance and the necessary conditions and stakeholders in partner nation…

Play Colombian President Gustavo Petro (R) shake hands with his Mexican counterpart, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
Event by Paul J. Angelo and Shannon K. O'Neil CFR Fellows' Book Launch

December 12, 2023

Peacekeeping
The Role of Peacekeeping in Africa

Africa continues to have more peacekeeping missions than any other continent. As conflict-stricken countries increasingly look outside the United Nations for support, experts say reforms are necessar…

A peacekeeping vehicle transports troops on a dirt road in the DRC.
Backgrounder by Claire Klobucista and Mariel Ferragamo

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.
Blog Post by Michelle Gavin Africa in Transition

December 22, 2023

Maternal and Child Health
Women This Week: Aid Cuts Disproportionately Affect Women-Led Households in Afghanistan

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 16 to December 22.

Afghan women and children travel on a truck while heading back to Afghanistan, after Pakistan gave a final warning to undocumented immigrants to leave, at the Friendship Gate of Chaman Border Crossing along the Pakistan-Afghanistan Border in Balochistan Province, in Chaman, Pakistan November 4, 2023.
Blog Post by Noël James Women Around the World

November 3, 2023

Democratic Republic of Congo
Catastrophic Displacement in the Democratic Republic of Congo

The latest revelations about the scale of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s crisis deserve attention.

A Congolese soldier stands guard as civilians gather to enrol with the electoral commission as voters at the Zanner Institute centre in Goma, North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Blog Post by Michelle Gavin Africa in Transition