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October 24, 2017

China
Podcast: Global Cities, Global Challenges

Los Angeles is the quintessential horizontal city with 915 miles of sprawling freeways and highways. Hong Kong’s astronomical real estate prices have led to a severe housing crisis. Cities in mainlan…

Podcast A view of traffic during a hazy day in Beijing, China, November 18, 2015. Some global automakers are worried that China is pushing its weight around as the world's biggest car market - by enforcing its own, often outdated, vehicle certification standards on foreign cars

November 21, 2014

China
Friday Asia Update: Top Five Stories for the Week of November 21, 2014

Ashlyn Anderson, Lauren Dickey, Darcie Draudt, Andrew Hill, Will Piekos, and Sharone Tobias look at the top stories in Asia today. 1. Japan slips into recession, dissolves lower house. New economic …

China?s President Xi Jinping (L) listens as Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott speaks after a signing ceremony for a free trade deal at Parliament House in Canberra November 17, 2014. China and Australia on Monday signed a declaration of intent on a landmark free trade deal more than a decade in the making, opening up markets worth billions to Australia and loosening restrictions on Chinese investment. Xi is on a three-day official visit to Australia following the G20 leaders summit which was held in B

November 30, 2023

Technology and Innovation
Strengthening Strategic Technology Cooperation Between South Korea and the United States

The third workshop for the project on Bolstering U.S.-South Korean Cooperation to Meet the China Challenge examined the opportunities and challenges ahead for the U.S.-South Korea technology partners…

U.S. President Joe Biden, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, and Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong walk at the Samsung Electronic Pyeongtaek Campus in South Korea on May 20 2022.

December 9, 2016

Elections and Voting
Ten Elections to Watch in 2017

Numerous countries will hold elections in 2017. Here are ten to watch. 

Iranian woman holding her daughter casts her ballot during elections for the parliament and Assembly of Experts, in Tehran

February 12, 2014

Sub-Saharan Africa
Tapping into Africa’s Potential: Why the Marginalized Matter

This is a guest post by Lynn ElHarake, research associate for the Women and Foreign Policy program at the Council on Foreign Relations. “Africa is now the world’s youngest continent,” writes Makhtar…

A woman sets up her shop at the Konyo Konyo market in Juba, South Sudan, May 12, 2012.