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September 13, 2024

Sexual Violence
Women This Week: UN Projects Climate Crisis will Increase Intimate Partner Violence Rates

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 September 7 to September 13.

Two women wait for a canoe as flood overflows streets in Wadata in Makurdi, Nigeria, October 1, 2022.

June 24, 2024

Climate Change
Mobilizing Clean Energy Financing through the Multilateral Development Banks

A new paper published by the MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEPR) puts forward an ambitious agenda for innovation in clean energy finance.

Lending Increase Enabled by Proposals

August 5, 2024

China
Secure Jobs, Uncertain Future: China’s Growing Appetite for Government Employment

While a robust public sector is essential, an overreliance on government employment could significantly reshape China’s future.

People attend a job fair for university graduates at a gymnasium in Hefei, Anhui province, China September 4, 2023.

September 13, 2024

United States
Election 2024: Did the Harris-Trump Debate Reset the Presidential Race?

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: History suggests that any bump Kamala Harris gets from the debate will be fleeting.

Trump-Harris Presidential Debate ABC

September 18, 2024

Angola
Washington Woos Angola

Reports of an upcoming presidential visit to Angola raise thorny policy questions.  

President Joe Biden meets with Angola's President Joao Lourenco in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on November 30, 2023

May 25, 2023

United States
How to Secure Critical Minerals for Clean Energy Without Alienating China

There are multiple ways to bolster the security of U.S. critical mineral supply chains, such as the mining, processing, and application of minerals, among others. Pushing China to be a disruptor is n…

QUAD leaders

September 19, 2024

United Kingdom
The UK Foreign Secretary Makes His First Speech

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has just given his first set speech, but it wasn't about foreign policy. He is miscast in his current role.

January 23, 2019

Defense and Security
Climate Change Is a Threat to Military Security

This is a guest post by Benjamin Silliman, research associate for Energy Security and Climate Change at the Council on Foreign Relations.  Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) …

Damage caused by Hurricane Michael is seen on Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, U.S., October 16, 2018.