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July 18, 2019

Women and Women's Rights
A Woman on the Moon and Equality on Earth

As we approach the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing and push toward a new frontier in space exploration, it is time to ensure women are equal partners in STEM and space.

President Barack Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to NASA mathematician Katherine G. Johnson at the White House on November 24, 2015.
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Women Around the World Women Around the World

July 13, 2023

Maternal and Child Health
Women This Week: Expanded Access Comes as Iowa Moves to Enact Six-Week Abortion Ban

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 July 1 to July 14.  

An abortion rights protester wears earrings made of birth control packets as protesters gather outside of the federal courthouse in downtown Houston, Texas, after the United States Supreme Court ruled in the Dobbs v Women's Health Organization abortion case, overturning the landmark Roe v Wade abortion decision, June 24, 2022.
Blog Post by Noël James Women Around the World

January 6, 2023

Afghanistan
Women This Week: Taliban Bans Female NGO Workers

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 December 31 to January 6.

Afghan women wait to receive a food package being distributed by a Saudi Arabia humanitarian aid group at a distribution center in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 25, 2022.
Blog Post by Caroline Kapp Women Around the World

May 21, 2021

South Korea
Joe Biden’s Summit With South Korea’s Moon Jae-In Poses a Question of Shared Values

The Joe Biden administration has framed its main foreign policy paradigm primarily in terms of competition between democracy and authoritarianism, emphasizing cooperation among like-minded allies as …

South Korean President Moon Jae-in delivers remarks before participating in a bilateral meeting at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building near the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 21, 2021
Blog Post by Scott A. Snyder Asia Unbound

April 10, 2019

Space
Bad Moonshot Rising: The Moon's Dubious Strategic Value

Aspirations to return American astronauts to the moon after a nearly half-century absence should be rooted in science, not foreign policy.

The American flag heralds the launch of Apollo 11, the first lunar landing mission, on July 16, 1969.
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for the Internationalist The Internationalist