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December 8, 2014

Global
Ten Elections to Watch in 2015

Numerous countries will hold elections in 2015. Here are ten to watch. 

Goodluck-Jonathan

October 12, 2012

Diplomacy and International Institutions
Europe’s Lifetime Achievement Award: The Nobel Prize

Friday’s announcement that the European Union (EU) had won the Nobel Peace Prize elicited widespread surprise and mirth. Had the committee actually awarded the prize to the world’s reigning economic …

European Commission President Barroso receives flowers from Leikvoll, Norway's Ambassador to the European Union, at the EC headquarters in Brussels

August 16, 2012

No Country for Fifteen Million: The Plight of the World’s Stateless

Coauthored with Isabella Bennett, program coordinator in the International Institutions and Global Governance program. Guor Marial, a cross-country All-American athlete at Iowa State, ran two marath…

Rohingya women and children hide in a house in Teknaf

September 28, 2012

Asia
Does the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration Even Matter?

Elizabeth Leader is a Research Associate for Southeast Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations. The author’s views on ASEAN’s human rights progress do not necessarily reflect those of Joshua Kurlant…

U.S. secretary of state Clinton poses with ASEAN leaders during a meeting at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta September 4, 2012.

December 23, 2019

Global
Ten Most Significant World Events in 2019

As 2019 comes to a close, here are the top ten most notable world events of the past year.

Hong Kong Protests