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April 21, 2023

United Nations
Women This Week: Afghanistan May Lose United Nations Aid after Banning Female Workers  

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 15 to April 21.   

A displaced Afghan woman waits to receive aid supply from UNCHR agency outside a distribution center on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan October 28, 2021.
Blog Post by Noël James Women Around the World

April 12, 2024

Cybersecurity
Cyber Week in Review: April 12, 2024

U.S. lawmakers introduce comprehensive privacy bill; FCC may reinstate net neutrality; Biden administration awards TSMC $6.6 billion grant; report outlines IDF's use of AI for targeting; Biden admini…

Supporters protest the FCC's recent decision to repeal the program in Los Angeles, California on November 28, 2017.
Blog Post by Kat Duffy, Kyle Fendorf, and Cecilia Marrinan Net Politics

June 5, 2024

Maternal and Child Health
Global Abortion Access After Roe

In the past thirty years, sixty countries have expanded access to abortion care as an underpinning of maternal health. The 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade made the United Sta…

Podcast Doctor’s office featuring examination chair and women’s reproductive organs poster on wall.
Podcast by Gabrielle Sierra, Onikepe Owolabi, and Patty Skuster Why It Matters

July 14, 2020

China
The United Kingdom Bans Huawei From 5G Networks

Amid pressure by the United States, the coronavirus pandemic, and China's crackdown on Hong Kong, the United Kingdom has banned Huawei equipment from its 5G networks.

A sign reading "Boris Stop Huawei" is seen next to the M40 motorway.
Blog Post by Adam Segal Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program

February 2, 2023

United States
Biden’s SOTU, Blinken Visits China, EU Bans Russian Petroleum Products, and More

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address; U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Beijing to try to stabilize U.S.-China relations; and the European Union’s embargo on R…

Podcast U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during a meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali
Podcast by Robert McMahon and Carla Anne Robbins The World Next Week

February 4, 2020

Nigeria
Trump Administration Bans Immigrants From Nigeria

Nigeria has been added to a list of countries whose citizens will in some way be restricted from entering the United States. According to a White House statement, Nigeria is not complying with “the established identity-management and information sharing criteria assessed by performance metrics. Nigeria does not adequately share public-safety and terrorism-related information, which is necessary for the protection of the national security and public safety of the United States.”

A family exits after clearing immigration and customs at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, United States, on September 24, 2017.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition