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December 7, 2022

2022 in Review
Ten Anniversaries to Note in 2023

As 2022 comes to a close, here are ten notable historical anniversaries to mark in 2023.

Political cartoon depicting Uncle Sam as a large rooster protecting smaller roosters—Latin American countries—and Europe “cooped up” by the Monroe Doctrine.
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

January 24, 2024

Israel
A Conversation With U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism Deborah Lipstadt

Historian and now U.S. Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt discusses the increase in antisemitic incidents and rhetoric following the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, contemporary sources of antisemitism, a…

Play Deborah Lipstadt dressed in black at the 11th Rome Film Festival red carpet.
Virtual Event by Deborah Lipstadt and Clifford Chanin Renewing America

December 2, 2022

United States
A Divided Congress May Still Get Things Done

The experience of the soon-to-be-concluded 117th Congress offers some hope for the next two years

U.S. President Joe Biden signs the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, U.S. November 15, 2021.
Blog Post by Upamanyu Lahiri Renewing America

May 24, 2023

Diamonstein-Spielvogel Project on the Future of Democracy
School Shootings Are a National Security Threat

In the year since a gunman butchered nineteen students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, the United States has suffered at least forty school shootings—perhaps most notably…

Sharpie markers are seen on the grave of Eva Mireles, one of the victims of the Robb Elementary mass shooting that resulted in the death of 19 children and two teachers in the U.S. school shooting, in Uvalde, Texas, United States, November 30, 2022.
Article by Jacob Ware Diamonstein-Spielvogel Project on the Future of Democracy

August 23, 2022

Middle East and North Africa
How Israel and Turkey Benefit From Restoring Relations

The reopening of diplomatic ties with Israel is the latest move in Turkey’s regional rapprochement. With it, Ankara aims to bolster national security and its wavering economy.

In Brief by Steven A. Cook Middle East Program

January 7, 2021

Transition 2021
Nigerian Reaction to the Assault on the U.S. Capitol

Americans should be under no illusion about the serious damage to the country’s remaining moral authority and capacity for international leadership caused by yesterday's assault on the U.S. Capitol in Washington.

Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump scale the walls of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. The Capitol building can be seen in the background; an American flag is seen in the foreground.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition