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January 26, 2017

Americas
Mexico Plummets in Annual Corruption Rankings

Transparency International yesterday released its annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) that ranks 176 countries on a scale from zero (highly corrupt) to one-hundred (very clean), based on the op…

Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto (R) gestures as Mexico's Interior Minister Miguel Angel Osorio Chong applauds during the XXXVIII Session of the National Council of Public Security at the National Palace in Mexico City, August 21, 2015. A Mexican government auditor on Friday exonerated Pena Nieto and his finance minister from any wrongdoing over purchases of homes from public contractors, but opposition lawmakers poured scorn over the bid to lay the scandal to rest (Reuters/Edgard Garrido).
Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil Latin America’s Moment

August 26, 2014

Sub-Saharan Africa
Ebola in the Congo

The health minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Felix Kabange Numbi, has announced an outbreak of the Ebola virus in the remote Equateur province. Two cases have been confirmed by …

Ebola Congo
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

May 27, 2020

Diplomacy and International Institutions
COVID-19 Update: A Conversation With David Nabarro

Please join Dr. David Nabarro as he discusses the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic around the globe, the role of the World Health Organization (WHO) in responding to the pandemic, and how the W…

Play Dr. David Nabarro at the United Nations Headquarters with a blue UN flag and a large map behind him.
Event by David Nabarro and Vanessa B. Kerry

June 26, 2020

United States
Five Foreign-Policy Movies with Women in the Lead

Each Friday this summer, we suggest foreign-policy-themed movies worth watching. This week: films that feature women at the helm. 

Movies clockwise from the top left: Carve Her Name with Pride/IMDB; Eye in the Sky/Bleecker Street; Paradise Road/SBS; Atomic Blonde/Script; Zero Dark Thirty/Empire; A Private War/IMDB.
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay and Margaret Gach The Water's Edge

July 22, 2013

International Organizations
Regional Organizations and Humanitarian Intervention

Below is a guest post by Andrew Reddie, research associate in the International Institutions and Global Governance program. The UN Charter advises that “the Security Council shall, where appropriate…

Arab foreign ministers attend a meeting on Syria at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for the Internationalist The Internationalist