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November 11, 2022

United States
Was It Worth It?

Dan asks a question that everyone who has ever signed up for military service has likely asked: was it worth it? His answer is worth reading. 

Sens. Dole and Inouye

May 12, 2023

Sudan
Women This Week: Thousands of Women and Girls Without Medical Care After Hospital Attacks in Sudan

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 May 6 to May 12.   

Sudanese refugee girls who have fled the violence in Sudan's Darfur region, attend their first entertainment and sport training session at makeshift shelter camps near the border between Sudan and Chad in Koufroun, Chad May 11, 2023.

July 1, 2023

United States
The President’s Inbox Recap: The Future of U.S. Foreign Policy

The early post-Cold War optimism about increasing global cooperation has been dashed by the return of geopolitical rivalry.

The capitol building as viewed pre-dawn.

April 5, 2023

Sub-Saharan Africa
It Matters How We Define the African Diaspora

The explicit incorporation of the African diaspora into U.S.-Africa policy risks segmenting the community into old and new, with important domestic and international consequences.

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris walks down a stone path outside of the Cape Coast slave castle, which is built from white stone.

March 4, 2021

Territorial Disputes
Diplomatic Dithering Over Western Sahara Bodes Ill for Other African Disputes

On December 10, 2020, then President Donald Trump tweeted that because “Morocco recognized the United States in 1777,” the U.S. should return the favor by recognizing “[Moroccan] sovereignty over the Western Sahara.”

Then-U.S. Secretary of State James Baker, clutching a baseball cap, arrives in the Western Sahara in an attempt to broker a peace between the Polisario Front and Morocco over the disputed Western Sahara.