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October 21, 2020

Election 2020
TWE Remembers: Seven Memorable Presidential Debate Moments

President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are set to debate tomorrow night in Nashville. Belmont University is hosting the event, and NBC White House correspondent Kristen Welker wil…

Clinton Trump debate

August 26, 2020

United States
TWE Remembers: The Ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment

This blog post was authored by Anna Shortridge, research associate for U.S. foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations.  One hundred years ago today, U.S. Secretary of State Bainbridge Col…

19th Amendment

July 16, 2020

European Union
Cyber Week in Review: July 16, 2020

United Kingdom bans Huawei from 5G networks; Germany calls for first-ever use of EU cyber sanctions against Russian hackers; EU court sides with Apple on tax dispute; The United States, UK, and Canad…

European Union flags flutter outside the European Commission headquarters.

April 17, 2020

Cybersecurity
Cyber Week in Review: April 17, 2020

Phone towers in the Netherlands and UK attacked; The UK plans to launch coronavirus tracking app; Indian state insists infected individuals take hourly selfies; Department of Defense fails to impleme…

Police officers advise women to maintain distance as they wait to collect grocery during an extended nationwide lockdown to slow the spreading of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ahmedabad, India.

February 20, 2020

Sub-Saharan Africa
Secretary of State Pompeo Completes Trip to Africa

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently completed his first trip to Africa in his current role in the Trump administration. Over three days, he visited Dakar in Senegal, Luanda in Angola, and Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, where he also visited the head of the African Union. During the trip, Secretary Pompeo advocated for a stronger U.S.-Africa relationship amidst China’s growing role on the continent. 

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in a dark suit with a red tie, walks with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, in a navy suit with a red tie, walks down white marble stairs with a red carpet at the Prime Minister office after a meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. They are followed by two men in suits, and flanked by two armed Ethiopian guards in red berets and military fatigues.