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February 12, 2024

Trade
C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics with Katherine Tai

Ambassador Katherine Tai discusses the role of trade policy in the global economy, current U.S. trade strategy, and priorities for the WTO Ministerial Conference. The C. Peter McColough Series on …

Play Katherine Tai is smiling with an American flag in the background.

January 16, 2024

Yemen
The Houthi Threat to Red Sea Shipping, With Katherine Zimmerman

Katherine Zimmerman, a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the ongoing attacks by the Houthis in Yemen on commercial ships transiting the Red Sea.

Podcast The Galaxy Leader, a commercial-vehicle carrier seized by Houthi commandos in the Red Sea, as seen on November 20, 2023, the day after its hijacking.

April 16, 2025

Maternal and Child Health
Women This Week: Preventable Complications Responsible for Most Maternal Deaths

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 April 5 to April 11. 

 A child touches her pregnant mother's stomach at the last stages of her pregnancy in Bordeaux April 28, 2010.

May 9, 2025

Elections and Voting
Women This Week: Labor Candidate Ali France Ousts Incumbent Opposition Leader in Australia

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 April 3 to April 9.

Ali France of the Labor Party celebrates with former Queensland Premier Steven Miles and supporters at Kallangur Bowls club, on the day of the Australian federal election, Kallangur, Australia, May 3, 2025.

December 19, 2022

United States
C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics With Katherine Tai

Ambassador Katherine Tai discusses the role of trade policy in the global economy, current U.S. trade strategy, and the Biden administration’s trade agenda for the year ahead. The C. Peter McColou…

Play Katherine Tai

May 2, 2025

Peacekeeping
Women This Week: Hegseth Announces End to Women, Peace and Security Program 

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 March 26 to April 2. 

Women cadets at a police academy listen to remarks from Ivanka Trump during the unveiling of a U.S. partnership with Colombia on Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) in Bogota, Colombia September 3, 2019.

April 25, 2025

Demonstrations and Protests
Women This Week: Women Escalate Efforts Against Mining Company in Guinea-Bissau  

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 April 19 to April 25. 

A woman sorts through a pile of cashew nuts as children look on next to a farm owned by former Guinea Bissau army chief General Antonio Indjai outside Mansoa, Guinea-Bissau, May 8, 2015.

April 7, 2025

Maternal and Child Health
Women This Week: Cuts to Title X Family Planning and Women’s Health Clinics

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 March 29 to April 4. 

Nuns pray outside of a Planned Parenthood location in Columbus, Ohio, U.S., November 12, 2021 as the state considers restrictive abortion laws.

January 21, 2025

Technology and Innovation
Women This Week: UK to Pass Legislation Criminalizing Deepfake Images 

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 January 11 to January 17.

A woman holds her phone on the street in Westminster, in London, Britain, October 11, 2024.