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October 13, 2014
Middle East and North Africa
Stability in Egypt?
Egypt’s President Sisi visited New York to speak at the United Nations General Assembly a few weeks ago, and just this weekend was the host for the donors’ conference on rebuilding Gaza. Much of the …
October 29, 2015
Human Rights
Women Around the World: This Week
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, from October 23 to October 28, was compiled by Va…
October 3, 2014
Weekend Reading: Mapping the Middle East, What ISIS Is Not, and Egypt’s Total Information Awareness
In this interactive map, David McCandless charts the key players in the Middle East and the relationships between them. Alireza Doostdar argues that ISIS is more a product of war and instability tha…
September 27, 2011
Yemen
Resetting U.S. Policy Toward Yemen
Introduction Yemen is slipping into an uncertain and dangerous future. In early June 2011, President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has ruled the country for the past thirty-three years, narrowly escaped…
June 25, 2015
Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigeria’s Cupboard is Bare
According to the media, President Muhammadu Buhari said on June 23 that Nigeria’s treasury is “virtually empty.” In order to document this he has promised to release a report on the size of Nigeria’s…
