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April 17, 2008

Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Counterterrorism Trip Report

Overview Daniel Byman traveled to Israel and Jordan in March -- a time of crisis in the Middle East. During Byman's trip, Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired rockets against the Israeli …

February 14, 2023

Heads of State and Government
The Art of Ruling for Life

How do Africa’s many “leaders for life” do it?

President of Cameroon, Paul Biya, sits while holding a pair of wire headphones in his hand.

November 19, 2020

Religion
Faith and Polarization in 2020

Kim Daniels, associate director of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University, discusses how political polarization effects the American religion community. Th…

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February 14, 2024

Ecuador
Can Ecuador Avoid Becoming a Narco-State

Criminal groups have captured parts of the state. A broad political coalition must fight corruption and root them out.

Photo of Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa

October 2, 2012

Global Governance
The Irony of Global Economic Governance

Overview The 2008 financial crisis posed the biggest challenge to the global economy since the Great Depression and provided a severe "stress test" for global economic governance. States rely on a…

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February 5, 2009

United States
Civil Liberties and National Security: Critical Issues Still Unresolved, Argues New CFR Study

Within his first week of taking office, President Obama took steps that signaled a break with the counterterrorism policies of the Bush administration, vowing to fight terrorism “in a manner that is …