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September 12, 2018

Israel
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Council on Foreign Relations 9/12 Academic Conference Call on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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January 24, 2017

Asia
Landmarks in the Global Movement for Women’s Rights: A Timeline

This blog post was co-authored with Anne Connell. On January 21, 2017, the Women’s March on Washington, DC, drew a record-breaking public display of support for women’s rights and civil rights in …

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January 21, 2011

Friday File: Obama 2.0

President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle examine the bible used for his swearing-in ceremony in Washington. (Poll New/courtesy Reuters) Above the Fold. President Obama has reached the halfway po…

U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle examine the bible used for his swearing-in ceremony in Washington

March 20, 2014

Sub-Saharan Africa
South African President Jacob Zuma’s “Let Them Eat Cake” Moment?

There is an apocryphal story that in France, King Louis XVI’s queen Marie Antoinette was once told, “Madame, the people have no bread.” To which she replied, "then let them eat cake." The reality beh…

A general view of the Nkandla home (behind the huts) of South Africa's President Jacob Zuma in Nkandla August 2, 2012.