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February 2, 2020

Homeland Security
Crackdown by U.S. Customs and Border Protection Likely to Drive a Deeper Wedge Between Canada and U.S.

Those entering the United States at Peace Arch and other western border ports of entry are facing a stepped up enforcement regime that creates significant risks for all southbound travelers.

Peace Arch Border U.S. Canada

February 3, 2020

COVID-19
The Wuhan Coronavirus Poses Three Tests for Global Public Health

Preserving global public health depends on timely and credible action by governments, firm direction and leadership from the World Health Organization, and responsible behavior by nations.

Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a news conference.

April 21, 2020

COVID-19
Singapore: The Limits of a National Response

The recent rise in COVID-19 cases in Singapore shows that there are limits to what national responses to a global pandemic can achieve. 

Migrant workers look out from their balconies at Punggol S-11 dormitory, during the coronavirus outbreak in Singapore on April 6, 2020.

April 17, 2019

Slovakia
Women This Week: Slovakia's First Female President

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, covering April 8 to April 14, was compiled by LaTr…

 Zuzana Caputova addresses the media at the party's headquarters in Bratislava, Slovakia, March 30, 2019.

August 6, 2018

Women and Women's Rights
Women This Week: Fighting FGM

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, covering July 23 to August 4, was compiled with su…

Fatima, 12, attends Arabic classes at Imran Binu Hussein Primary School in the Hodan district, Mogadishu.