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March 25, 2024

Maternal and Child Health
Women This Week: Gambia Moves to Reverse Ban on Female Genital Mutilation

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 March 16 to March 22.

Gambians protest against a bill aimed at decriminalizing female genital mutilation as parliament debates the bill in Banjul, Gambia March, 18, 2024.
Blog Post by Noël James Women Around the World

March 14, 2024

Women and Women's Rights
Women’s Power Index

Find out where women around the world wield political power—and why it matters.

Interactive by Linda Robinson and Noël James Women and Foreign Policy Program

March 15, 2024

Demonstrations and Protests
Women This Week: Thousands of Women Gather Despite Protest Ban in Turkey

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 March 9 to March 15.

A demonstrator shouts slogans as they gather near Taksim Square to mark International Women's Day, in Istanbul, Turkey March 8, 2024.
Blog Post by Noël James Women Around the World

March 8, 2024

Sexual Violence
Women This Week: International Women’s Day

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 March 2 to March 8.

Women take part in a demonstration to call for gender equality and demand an end to violence against women to mark International Women's Day in Paris, France, March 8, 2024.
Blog Post by Noël James Women Around the World

May 10, 2024

Climate Change
Communicating Climate Stories

Katherine Hardin, Andres Revkin, Alice C. Hill, and Meaghan Parker discuss local stories around climate change  in the United States and advice for journalists reporting on extreme heat and weather, …

Play Meaghan Katherine Andy on Stage Alice on Video Wall
Event by Katherine Hardin, Alice C. Hill, Andrew Revkin, and Meaghan Parker Local Journalists Workshops

September 19, 2023

United Kingdom
A Conversation With UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly discusses the United Kingdom’s foreign policy priorities and approach to the seventy-eighth United Nations General Assembly.

Play A Conversation With UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly
Virtual Event by James Cleverly and Michael Froman

May 8, 2024

RealEcon
In Economic Security, Trade-Offs Abound

Policymakers face complex cost-benefit considerations when intervening in the market to mitigate perceived risks, from climate change to competition with China.

(L-R) European Council President Charles Michel, Italy's Primer Minister Giorgia Meloni, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, France's President Emmanuel Macron, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, US President Joe Biden, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pose for the family photo during a visit to the Itsukushima Shrine in Miyajima Island as part of the G7 Leaders' Summit, on May 19, 2023.
Article by Thomas J. Bollyky, Chloe Searchinger, Alice C. Hill, Zongyuan Zoe Liu, and Benn Steil RealEcon

September 13, 2023

United Nations
What Is the UN General Assembly?

The General Assembly hosts a much-watched debate of world leaders annually. Its 2023 meeting is expected to emphasize climate change, the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, and the war in…

A large UNGA sign is photographed in front of the United Nations buildings.
Backgrounder by CFR.org Editors

January 31, 2024

Technology and Innovation
The Largest Senate Judiciary Committee Audience Is on Capitol Hill—and at Home—Today

Today's Senate hearing on big tech and the child exploitation crisis should remind the public of Section 230's provision on parental controls, and the real-world analogies to how social media platfor…

Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg returns to his seat after standing and facing the audience while he testified during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on online child sexual exploitation at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on January 31, 2024
Blog Post by Leah Plunkett Net Politics

March 29, 2024

Climate Change
Carbon Dioxide Removal: Can It Be Effective?

Governments and companies are embracing new emissions-reducing technologies that pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. But it is uncertain whether this can work at the scale and in the time nece…

A yellow-vested man walks out of a silver dome into dark, rocky terrain.
Expert Brief by Alice C. Hill Energy Security and Climate Change Program