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May 12, 2024

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
UN Halves Its Estimate of Women and Children Killed in Gaza

Between May 6 and May 8, the UN cut in half its estimates of the number of women and children killed in Gaza. The estimates were based on Hamas numbers and are a reminder that all fatality estimates …

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

January 4, 2023

Foreign Policy
The Consequences of Divided Government for U.S. Foreign Policy

Here are three things to watch for on the foreign policy front in the 118th U.S. Congress.

President Joe Biden as seen addressing a joint session of Congress at his first State of the Union address.
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

February 24, 2017

Americas
Latin America’s Accountability Revolution

A wave of corruption scandals has roiled Latin America in recent years, from Chile’s campaign finance affairs, through Mexico’s Casa Blanca revelations. Most recently, the information divulged in the…

Peruvian Woman
Blog Post by Matthew M. Taylor Latin America’s Moment

September 1, 2015

Middle East and North Africa
Accountability in Bahrain

The continuing crisis in Bahrain is leading to bipartisan Congressional efforts to bring American pressure to bear--and to keep the United States away from involvement in repression there. Senators …

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

April 4, 2019

China
China's Coming Current Account Deficit?

Any economy that saves 45 percent of GDP will tend to run a current account surplus, China included. Keeping its current account surplus down takes extraordinary (though largely off-budget) fiscal ef…

China's Coming Current Account Deficit?
Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money