April 7, 2020
Middle East and North AfricaSteven A. Cook, CFR’s Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies and director of the International Affairs Fellowship for Tenured International Relations Scholars, sits down w…
July 1, 2020
RussiaRussians have voted on a sweeping package of more than two hundred constitutional amendments, the most important of which exempts President Vladimir Putin from term limits and potentially allows him …
July 1, 2020
Public Health Threats and PandemicsEndemic to the African tropics, the Ebola virus has killed thousands in recent years, putting the World Health Organization and major donor countries in the limelight as they’ve grappled with how to …
March 25, 2020
EgyptBy killing the Middle East’s sense of community, the region’s dictators have helped the pandemic on its death march.
May 12, 2020
World Order“This is a critical time to understand what is taking place in the world, why it is taking place, and how it will affect our lives,” writes Richard N. Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relat…
March 13, 2020
SyriaThe war in Idlib is a growing humanitarian crisis, a potential disaster for Ankara—and a problem that doesn’t bear on Washington.
March 11, 2020
United Arab EmiratesArab countries are looking for partners who aren’t bogged down by chaos ranging from impeachment to Iowa.
March 11, 2020
EgyptThe eulogies for Egypt’s fourth president focused on his downfall, but history will remember his overlooked accomplishments while in office.
March 11, 2020
IranThe most effective plan against the Islamic Republic has always been the most obvious—and the one nobody in Washington seems willing to try.
May 8, 2020
NigeriaLeadership of the moment in Nigeria cannot overcome the generations of poor leadership and corruption that have left underdeveloped public health services, social safety net, and trust in government, at a time when it faces low oil prices and COVID-19.
