April 27, 2011
Maternal and Child HealthOverview One of the greatest challenges facing some of the poorest developing countries is the urgent need for comprehensive, integrated reproductive health services, including family planning. If…
June 22, 2005
Capital FlowsChina is on track to add between $250 and $300 billion to its reserves this year. That is a lot of money. Enough to have an impact on global bond markets. Enough to buy several oil companies. As…
May 21, 2018
United StatesThe United States faces three slow-motion crises—the future of work, climate change, and the federal debt—that we risk not tackling until it is too late.
January 9, 2007
United StatesI spent a bit of time trying to estimate how market moves in 2006 will impact the US net international investment position (the NIIP is the gap between all US external assets and all US external liab…
October 17, 2018
United StatesDoris Kearns Goodwin and Jay Winik discuss presidential leadership and the definitive qualities that presidents throughout history have exemplified to overcome adversity.
July 5, 2017
EgyptTwo obscure islands that many Egyptians didn't even know about suddenly threaten President Sisi's regime.
March 16, 2017
NigeriaNigerian President Muhammadu Buhari returned to Nigeria from medical leave in the United Kingdom on March 10. In his absence, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo served as the acting president for the fifty…
February 3, 2017
NigeriaThis is a guest post by Sherrie Russell-Brown. Sherrie is an international lawyer, who writes about issues of gender, security, international justice and humanitarian law, with a regional focus on su…
January 17, 2017
ChinaThe pace of decline in China’s foreign reserves matters. Not because China is about to run out. But rather because China will at some point decide that it doesn’t want to continue to prioritize…
October 8, 2016
Middle East and North AfricaIt is easy to exaggerate the opening that is occurring between Israel and several Gulf states, but it’s easy to underestimate it too. The most recent change: Saudi Arabia has stopped blocking access…