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April 12, 2024

Health
Women This Week: Heightened Levels of Malnutrition for Women and Children

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 April 6 to April 12.

A girl carries her belongings in a container on her head in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, March 2, 2023.
Blog Post by Noël James Women Around the World

April 26, 2024

European Union
Women This Week: European Parliament Combating Violence Against Women

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 April 20 to April 26.

A woman holds a placard as people gather to demonstrate during the Reclaim the Night march to stop gender based violence, in Manchester, Britain, November 29, 2023.
Blog Post by Noël James Women Around the World

March 15, 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Cyber Week in Review: March 15, 2024

EU passes AI Act; ODNI releases 2024 threat assessment; Google restricts chatbot responses to election queries; Trump authorized information operation against China in 2019; House passes bill to ban …

U.S. intelligence officials look on as Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) speaks at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats to American security, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on March 11, 2024.
Blog Post by Kat Duffy, Kyle Fendorf, and Cecilia Marrinan Net Politics

May 2, 2024

Turkey
Erdogan’s Crisis of Legitimacy and Its Consequences

Despite the destabilizing effects of his economic and foreign policies, as well as a major election loss, President Erdogan shows no sign of interest in course correction.

Supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan listen to his speech during a rally ahead of local elections in Istanbul, Turkey, in March 2024.
Article by Henri J. Barkey

April 26, 2024

United States
Election 2024: Is Donald Trump an Isolationist?

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: Donald Trump has long criticized U.S. foreign policy. That doesn’t mean he wants America to “come h…

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Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

June 16, 2022

United States
Fake News, Then and Now

The problem of fake news has been with us from the beginning of the Republic, and American democracy was even worse at dealing with it then than it is now.

A news stand outfitted with "Fake News" headlines as a stunt pulled off by the Columbia Journalism Review is pictured in the Manhattan borough of New York
Article by Gideon Rose Diamonstein-Spielvogel Project on the Future of Democracy

January 27, 2021

Nigeria
Nigerian Human Rights Activist Omoyele Sowore Released on Bail

In Nigeria, causation of arrests and release are murky, and the rumor mill operates overtime. Some Nigerians are suggesting that Omoyele Sowore was released because authorities are aware of the stronger human rights emphasis of the Biden administration.

Several Nigerian people are seen sitting for a protest, mostly wearing red and black. Human rights activist Omoyele Sowore is seen holding a sign that reads "#RevolutionNOW!" in red and black text. His shirt uses the same slogan.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition