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Sep 19, 2017
Middle East and North Africa
A personal story of the development of U.S. human rights policy in the last forty years and an argument, both "realist" and principled, for supporting the expansion of democracy in the Middle East.
Nov 28, 2016
South SudanFollowing its independence in 2011, three years of civil war have left South Sudan on the cusp of full-scale genocide, with its sovereignty discredited and undermined by warring elites.
Nov 18, 2016
South Sudan
Overview Following its independence in 2011, three years of civil war have left South Sudan on the cusp of full-scale genocide, with its sovereignty discredited by warring elites, asserts a new Co…
Jun 19, 2017
Global
CFR.org editor Bob McMahon and I recorded our annual summer reading episode of CFR’s “The World Next Week” podcast last week. Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, senior fellow for Women and Foreign Policy and best…
Jun 12, 2017
Public Health Threats and Pandemics
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa killed thousands and spurred efforts to improve responses to pandemics.
Sep 14, 2016
South SudanSouth Sudan’s civil war is the result of a weakly institutionalized state and may require the African Union’s intervention to find peace and stability, says expert Alex de Waal.
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THE MARSHALL PLAN: Dawn of the Cold War (to be published by Simon and Schuster in early 2018) In the wake of World War II, with Britain’s empire collapsing and Stalin’s on the rise, U.S. officials…
May 16, 2017
China
This is the first part in a series on China's attempts to bolster its soft power and its prospects for success. In recent years, China has stepped up its soft power offensive in South Asia, Southe…
May 15, 2017
NATO
Russian aggression in Ukraine has breathed new life into the Cold War-era security alliance, prompting allies to reinforce defenses in Eastern Europe and expand cooperation with nonmembers.
May 5, 2017
Thailand
Since the coup in 2014, Thailand’s climate of free speech, already previously threatened by lèse majesté prosecutions and restrictions in online speech, has gotten far chillier. The country has falle…