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November 3, 2023

Maternal and Child Health
Women This Week: Future of the Catholic Church to Include More Women

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 October 28 to November 3.

Nuns hold rosaries as Pope Francis celebrates the Angelus prayer from a window for All Saints Day at Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, November 1, 2023.
Blog Post by Noël James Women Around the World

August 29, 2023

Nicaragua
The Pope and the Church in Nicaragua

The repression of the Catholic Church in Nicaragua continues to deepen, but Pope Francis has not responded with the levels of support that are needed.

The Pope and the Church in Nicaragua
Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

October 31, 2023

United States
Meet Dean Phillips, Democratic Presidential Candidate

The U.S. congressman from Minnesota is a candidate for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination.

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

April 28, 2023

Women and Economic Growth
Women This Week: Children in South Asia Represent Plurality of Global Child Brides, UNICEF Reports

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 April 22 to April 28.   

A bride looks on during a Muslim mass marriage ceremony amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Mumbai, India February 14, 2021.
Blog Post by Noël James Women Around the World

November 3, 2023

United States
Election 2024: Election Day Is One Year Away

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This week: Three things to know about the 2024 campaign.

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

January 3, 2020

Election 2020
Campaign Foreign Policy Roundup: The Killing of Qasem Soleimani

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential challengers are saying about foreign policy. This week: the U.S. drone strike that killed an Iranian general, the wisdom of Joe Biden’s Iraq vote, and for…

Demonstrators hold a picture of Qassim Suleimani as they protest his assassination by the United States in Tehran, Iran, on January 3. Nazanin Tabatabaee/West Asia News Agency via Reuters.
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

June 18, 2016

Middle East and North Africa
Bahrain Slips Further into Repression

The Project on Middle East Democracy sums up the week in Bahrain: First, "A Bahraini court ordered the suspension of all activities by al-Wefaq, the island-nation’s largest opposition party. The J…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points