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December 3, 2012

Japan
Kathryn Ibata-Arens: Solving the Japanese Paradox

This blog post is part of a series entitled Is Japan in Decline?, in which leading experts analyze Japan’s economy, politics, and society and give their assessment of Japan’s future. Is Japan in eco…

Buildings are silhouetted against the setting sun in front of Mount Fuji in Tokyo

January 4, 2024

United States
The President’s Inbox Recap: Far-Right Terrorism

Far-right extremist violence threatens American democracy.

Two firefighters as viewed looking at the wreckage of a federal building.

September 14, 2023

Iran
Remembering Mahsa Amini: Women Journalists Advancing Women, Peace & Security Principles

A look at the role of journalists, especially female journalists, and the mission of Women, Peace, and Security a year after Mahsa Amini's death.

A newspaper with a cover picture of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police" is seen in Tehran, Iran September 18, 2022.

July 25, 2023

Latin America
Latin America This Week: July 25, 2023

Peru shows no economy is insulated from politics forever; Panama and few others bat above the average on anticorruption; Xóchitl Gálvez puts opposition on the map ahead of Mexico’s 2024 presidential …

Panama’s former President Ricardo Martinelli waves to supporters while leaving a courthouse in Panama City on August 10, 2019. Martinelli’s cap reads “I survived Varela,” referring to Panama’s former President Juan Carlos Varela.

May 5, 2015

Iran
Senegal vs. Iran?

One of the oddest news stories of the week reported that: Senegal will send 2,100 troops to Saudi Arabia as part of an international coalition combating Houthi rebels in neighbouring Yemen, the West…

June 22, 2023

United States
Meet Doug Burgum, Republican Presidential Candidate

The North Dakota governor is a candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.

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