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April 9, 2011

Middle East and North Africa
Choose Statehood or Hamas

In less than a week the Quartet meets. The Middle East Quartet—consisting of the EU, the UN Secretary General, Russia, and the United States—is supposed to gather on April 15, having postponed a plan…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

December 9, 2014

Why the News Stories About Sanctioning Israel?

There were several news stories over the last week suggesting that the Obama administration is considering some form of sanctions against Israel to punish it for "settlement construction." One story,…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

September 29, 2023

Human Rights
Rights and Realities: The Middle East Today

Panelists assess the current state of human rights in the Middle East, along with the impact of U.S foreign policy on human rights, regional partnerships, and geopolitical dynamics.

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Virtual Event by Michael J. Abramowitz, Nazanin Boniadi, Amy Hawthorne, and Linda Robinson Women and Foreign Policy Program

June 24, 2020

U.S. Congress
FISA’s Current Controversies and Room for Improvement (Part Two)

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) has become almost impossibly political. In part two of our two-part series on FISA, former General Counsel of the National Security Agency Glenn Gerst…

U.S. Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz arrives to testify before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing "Examining the Inspector General's report on alleged abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)."
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Net Politics Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program

March 28, 2013

Sub-Saharan Africa
"Argo" and "Third-World Rage"

The celebrated historical-thriller “Argo,” directed by Ben Affleck, tells the story of the rescue of six U.S. diplomats from Tehran during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis. It has been a critical and com…

Director and producer Ben Affleck accepts the Oscar for best picture for "Argo" at the 85th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California, February 24, 2013.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition