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September 13, 2018

Women and Women's Rights
Twenty-Five Years Since the Oslo Accords: Tzipi Livni and Zahira Kamal on Women’s Contributions to Peace

The Five Questions Series is a forum for scholars, government officials, civil society leaders, and foreign policy practitioners to provide timely analysis of new developments related to the advancem…

Palestinian and Israeli women march together near the Jordan River, as part of an event organized by "Women Wage Peace," which calls for an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. October 8, 2017.

May 27, 2016

Japan
A Personal Reflection on Today in Hiroshima

I woke up early this morning, before 4 a.m. in fact, to head to NPR to be live when President Barack Obama spoke in Hiroshima. As I drove across a dark and quiet Washington, DC, the president was alr…

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December 7, 2011

China
The Growing Brouhaha Over Beijing’s Air Quality

Buildings in Beijing are pictured on a recent day with heavy haze and smog. (Jason Lee / Courtesy of Reuters) Smog recently forced the cancellation of almost 700 flights at Beijing airport, igniting…

Buildings in Beijing are pictured on a recent day with heavy haze and smog.

December 3, 2015

Europe
European Central Bank Rate Move, a Turning Point for Europe

At the governing council’s meeting today, the European Central Bank (ECB) announced that it will cut benchmark deposit rate to -0.3 percent, extend its quantitative easing (QE) program to at least Ma…

Central bank rates in Europe