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    Assessing President Trump’s Legacy of Cyber Confusion

    The Trump administration leaves a legacy of confusion over cybersecurity issues with few positives.

    Blog Post by Brandon Valeriano December 21, 2020 Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program

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    The European Union and the United Kingdom came to a last-minute trade deal on Christmas Eve, narrowly averting the hardest of all potential Brexits. But major uncertainty remains.

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    Governments and researchers have been working with an extremely ambitious timetable to provide billions of people with immunity to the new coronavirus. Now, the first vaccines are being distributed, spurring hope that the pandemic’s end is in sight.

    Backgrounder by Claire Felter December 21, 2020

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    Panelists discuss the latest developments in Brexit negotiations, including the main points of contention among the parties, prospect of a deal before December 31, and implications for the private sector.  

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  • 2020 in Review
    2020: The Year’s Historic News in Graphics
    Extreme natural occurrences. Police brutality and racism. A global pandemic. CFR breaks down 2020’s biggest news with graphics.
    by Amelia Cheatham December 8, 2020
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    The Year the Earth Stood Still
    The COVID-19 pandemic brought travel around the world to an abrupt halt in 2020. Nations are still trying to grasp the consequences, and restarting movement could take years.
    by Amelia Cheatham, Claire Felter, Lindsay Maizland and Sabine Baumgartner December 7, 2020
  • Americas
    Biden Can’t Pick Up in Latin America Where Obama Left Off
    Four years of malign U.S. neglect and continental upheaval will require a rethink of U.S. policy.
    Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil December 4, 2020 Latin America's Moment
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    The Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission: Charting a New Path Forward
    The increasingly complex threat of drug trafficking in the Western Hemisphere requires a more agile, adaptive long-term strategy. We need smarter international policies within an interagency effort l…
    Testimony by Shannon K. O'Neil December 3, 2020 Latin America Studies Program
  • Puerto Rico
    Puerto Rico: A U.S. Territory in Crisis
    The Caribbean island, which shares a close yet fraught relationship with the rest of the United States, faces a multilayered economic and social crisis, rooted in long-standing policy and compounded by natural disasters, the coronavirus pandemic, migration, and government mismanagement.
    Backgrounder by Amelia Cheatham November 25, 2020
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    The Military-First Approach in Northern Mozambique is Bound to Fail
    Nolan Quinn is a research associate for the Council on Foreign Relations’ Africa Program. On October 14, the Islamist insurgency focused in northern Mozambique spilled over into Tanzania, with an …
    Blog Post by Guest Blogger for John Campbell November 23, 2020 Africa in Transition
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    What Is the Kafala System?
    The kafala system regulates the lives of tens of millions of migrant laborers in the Middle East, but growing outrage over human rights abuses, racism, and gender discrimination has fueled calls for reform.
    Backgrounder by Kali Robinson November 20, 2020
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    Faith and Polarization in 2020 Part 2
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    Kim Daniels, associate director of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University, discusses how political polarization effects the American religion community. Th…
    Conference Call with Kim Daniels November 19, 2020 Religion and Foreign Policy Conference Calls/Webinars
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    Nigerian Security Forces and the Dangers of a Violence-First Approach
    Nkasi Wodu is a lawyer, peacebuilding practitioner, and development expert based in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. On October 20, 2020, Nigerians watched in horror on social media as men suspected to be …
    Blog Post by Guest Blogger for John Campbell November 19, 2020 Africa in Transition
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    Ensuring Access to Education for Girls During a Humanitarian Crisis and Conflict
    The COVID-19 pandemic has created the largest education emergency in history, with consequences that could reverse decades of progress in girl's education. Ensuring continuity of education amid COVID-19 upsets is integral to the prevention of critical backslide. 
    Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Women Around the World November 18, 2020 Women Around the World
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    U.S.-Mexico Partnership Will Get More Prickly
    Beyond his bluster on migration and trade, Donald Trump actually asked little of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. That will change under Joe Biden.
    Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil November 12, 2020 Latin America's Moment
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    Northwest Nigeria Potential Jihadi Linchpin in West Africa
    Up to now, radical jihadi activity in West Africa has been centered in Mali—with spillover to adjacent parts of Burkina Faso and Niger—and the Lake Chad Basin. The two locales are now increasingly br…
    Blog Post by John Campbell October 30, 2020 Africa in Transition
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    U.S. Detention of Child Migrants
    Tens of thousands of unaccompanied children have been arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border each year, leading the Trump administration to expand child detention policies and sparking debate over how to handle the flow of asylum seekers.
    Backgrounder by Amelia Cheatham October 29, 2020
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    Faith, Polarization, and the 2020 Election Part 1
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    Melissa Rogers, visiting professor at Wake Forest University Divinity School and nonresident senior fellow in governance studies at Brookings Institution, and Jim Wallis, founder of Sojourners, discu…
    Conference Call October 29, 2020 Religion and Foreign Policy Conference Calls/Webinars
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    Paul J. Angelo, fellow for Latin America studies at CFR, and Angela M. Banks, Charles J. Merriam distinguished professor of law at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, discu…
    Conference Call with Paul J. Angelo and Angela M. Banks October 28, 2020 Academic and Higher Education Webinars and Conference Calls
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