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September 29, 2023

Mexico
Latin America This Week: September 29, 2023

Mexico will define the success of the U.S. State Department’s new synthetic drug initiative; In the Dominican Republic, politics trumps economics; Brazilian military mostly supported democracy.

Photo of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken

December 12, 2019

Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau Prepares for a Presidential Runoff Election

Adam Valavanis is a former intern with the Africa Program at the Council on Foreign Relations. He received a master’s degree in conflict studies from the London School of Economics and Political Scie…

A man casts his ballot at a polling station during the presidential election in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, on November 24, 2019.

May 25, 2017

Global Governance
Facebook Live: The G7 Summit

I sat down today with my colleague Stewart M. Patrick to preview the G7 Summit, which kicks off tomorrow in Taormina, Italy. We discussed the G7's relevance, its evolution, and some of the issues tha…

Taormina

October 26, 2012

Sub-Saharan Africa
Is the West Uninterested in Nigeria’s Floods?

It baffles me that the Western media is paying so little attention to the flooding in Nigeria. There are dramatic aerial photographs of the flooding in the Delta, and affected areas spread as far afi…

 A man carries a child as he wades through flood waters in Ikorodu neighbourhood of Nigeria's main city of Lagos 05/08/2007.

April 27, 2021

Europe
The Belt and Road Initiative: Forcing Europe to Reckon with China?

In addition to undermining European unity, BRI may also work to cleave the transatlantic alliance. To head off these dilemmas, Europe will need to provide clear alternatives to Chinese infrastructure…

Aerial photo taken on Sept. 6, 2019, shows a cargo ship of COSCO Shipping Lines at the Port of Piraeus in Greece.