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March 25, 2024

Maternal and Child Health
Women This Week: Gambia Moves to Reverse Ban on Female Genital Mutilation

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers March 16 to March 22.

Gambians protest against a bill aimed at decriminalizing female genital mutilation as parliament debates the bill in Banjul, Gambia March, 18, 2024.

March 19, 2024

Nigeria
The Ride of Their Lives

More than a mere automobile, the sport utility vehicle (SUV) in Nigeria is rich in social meaning.

Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu waves to the crowd as he takes a drive on a top of a sports utility vehicle.

March 12, 2024

Haiti
Haiti Mission Lacks Interlocutor Plus Peruvian Congress Purges Top Judges

No interlocutor for Haiti mission’s international troops and Peru’s “pact of the corrupt” is succeeding where Guatemala’s failed without international pressure.

A protestor holds up a Haitian flag during a demonstration against Prime Minister Ariel Henry's government and insecurity in Port-au-Prince on March 1, 2024.

March 5, 2024

United States
Ten Facts About the State of the Union Address

President Biden will deliver the annual State of the Union address on Thursday night. Here are ten things you might not know about the tradition of having a president deliver an annual address.

Biden SOTU 2023

February 15, 2024

Sudan
United States Lacks Strategic Clarity on the Horn of Africa

The recent flurry of congressional and executive attention on Sudan needs to be married to a long-term strategy toward the Horn of Africa. 

Aid provided by the World Food Program is seen in Adre Camp in Adre, Chad, on November 8, 2023

February 6, 2024

Nigeria
Life After Weber

What if the solution to insecurity in Nigeria is beyond the capacity of the state?

A Nigerian police officer is shown holding a rifle while a large police vehicle is shown in the background.

February 2, 2024

Sexual Violence
Women This Week: Record Protest in Kenya Against Femicide

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers January 27 to February 2.

Human rights activists react as they attend a protest demanding an end to femicides in the country in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, January 27, 2024.

January 26, 2024

United States
Campaign Roundup: Is NATO on the Ballot in 2024?

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: The 2024 election has potentially significant implications for the North Atlantic Treaty Organizati…

NATO flags as viewed hanging in a line.

January 25, 2024

Gabon
Gabon’s Balancing Act

Gabon’s transitional government struggles to make the case for readmission into regional and global institutions.   

Gabon's transitional president General Brice Oligui Nguema salutes as he is inaugurated, in Libreville, Gabon on September 4, 2023.

January 16, 2024

United States
Tough New Immigration Rules Risk Empowering the Cartels

Tight restrictions on asylum and parole will drive migration further underground, where criminal groups profit.

Migrants