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December 10, 2013

United States
Israel’s Three UN Allies

Just over a week ago the UN General Assembly voted to call 2014 the  ”International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.” The vote was 100 for to 7 against, with 56 abstentions.  This is a…

June 5, 2014

Brazil
Brazil and the World Cup: Three Things to Know

Poor government oversight and protests in Brazil have expanded the World Cup narrative beyond soccer and into politics, explains CFR’s Julia Sweig.

May 2, 2011

Cuba
Sweig: Siginificant Change Unfolding in Cuba

Having just returned from Cuba’s Communist Party Congress, Council on Foreign Relations’ Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies, Julia Sweig, shares her analysis of the political and economic reform…

March 19, 2015

Wars and Conflict
Removing the Silos Around Girls’ Education, National Security, and Child Marriage

In the lead up to the announcement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals in September, I had the opportunity to host a conversation with Julia Gillard, chair of the Global Partnership for Education…

Girls take the final examination of their primary school in Sanaa, Yemen, June 2013 (Courtesy Khaled Abdullah/Reuters).

September 13, 2023

Women and Foreign Policy Program
The TikTok Trap

TikTok is an easy scapegoat, but the lack of tech regulation and data protection is the underlying cause of our collective anxiety in the digital age.

TikTok Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew testifies before a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing, sitting in front of a screen showing "deadly TikTok challenges."

September 13, 2023

Technology and Innovation
The TikTok Trap

TikTok is an easy scapegoat, but the lack of tech regulation and data protection is the underlying cause of our collective anxiety in the digital age.

TikTok Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew testifies before a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing, sitting in front of a screen showing "deadly TikTok challenges."