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January 6, 2017

Asia
Women Around the World: Year in Review

Welcome to a special edition of “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post, highlighting 2016’s most sign…

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November 6, 2012

United States
How Free Are American Elections?

“When a nation begins to modify the elective qualification, it may easily be foreseen that, sooner or later, that qualification will be entirely abolished. There is no more invariable rule in the his…

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October 13, 2016

International Organizations
The UN’s Ninth Secretary-General is António Guterres

The following is a guest post by Megan Roberts, associate director of the International Institutions and Global Governance program at the Council on Foreign Relations. Today the UN General Assembly …

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December 12, 2018

Elections and Voting
Ten Elections to Watch in 2019

Numerous countries will hold elections in 2019. Here are ten to watch. 

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December 20, 2018

Global
Ten Most Significant World Events in 2018

As 2018 comes to a close, here are the top ten most notable world events of the past year.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a working dinner after the G20 leaders summit in Buenos Aires. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

December 28, 2018

Global
Ten World Figures Who Died in 2018

Ten people who passed away this year who shaped world affairs for better or worse.

Kofi Annan addresses a news conference UN headquarters in New York, 1997. REUTERS/Jeff Christensen.