January 11, 2019
Middle East and North AfricaThe central takeaway from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s Cairo speech is that the United States needs to rely more on allies to stabilize the Middle East.
January 8, 2019
YemenThis year, a worsening of the humanitarian crisis in Yemen was included as a top tier priority in the Center for Preventive Action’s annual Preventive Priorities Survey.
January 9, 2019
Middle East and North AfricaOn January 9, 2005—exactly 14 years ago today—Mahmoud Abbas was elected president of the Palestinian Authority. For a four-year term. Today Abbas begins serving the fifteenth year of his four-year…
January 8, 2019
Privacy2018 was the year that a handful of countries got serious about protecting users' data.
January 3, 2019
NigeriaFormer President Shehu Shagari passed away on December 28, 2018, in Abuja at the age of 93. He was the only president of Nigeria’s Second republic, which lasted from 1979 to 1983, when his government was overthrown in a military coup by then-General Muhammadu Buhari, who is now Nigeria’s democratically elected president of the country’s Fourth Republic.
January 31, 2019
Health Policy and InitiativesHealth and infectious diseases have shaped the history of urbanization, but it is cities that will define the future of global health.
January 2, 2019
Elections and VotingA look back at election security in 2018.
December 31, 2018
South KoreaFrom testing intercontinental ballistic missiles and nuclear bombs, Kim moved to testing diplomatic prospects for the normalization of himself as an international leader and of North Korea as a nucle…
December 28, 2018
CybersecurityThis week: The U.S. embraces quantum; China considers banning forced technology transfer; India's government expands surveillance; and the Huawei saga continues
December 28, 2018
GlobalI wrote yesterday about ten Americans who died in 2018 who shaped U.S. foreign policy during their lifetimes. But Americans are not the only ones who influence world affairs. Below are ten world figu…