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March 25, 2024

Maternal and Child Health
Women This Week: Gambia Moves to Reverse Ban on Female Genital Mutilation

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers March 16 to March 22.

Gambians protest against a bill aimed at decriminalizing female genital mutilation as parliament debates the bill in Banjul, Gambia March, 18, 2024.

April 24, 2024

Cuba
U.S.-Cuba Relations

Cuba has long been a major foreign policy challenge for the United States. President Biden is the latest U.S. leader to grapple with how to balance democracy promotion with the desire for a better bi…

A man shows U.S. and Cuban flags at his house in Havana.

October 20, 2023

Sexual Violence
Women This Week: Female Genital Mutilation Protections at Risk of Reversal in Gambia

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers October 14 to October 20.

Gambian women wait to enter a polling station in the capital Banjul to vote in the presidential elections September 22, 2006.

September 6, 2022

China
U.S. Economic Relations with China, With Evan Greenberg

Evan Greenberg, chairman and CEO of Chubb, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss growing tensions in U.S.-China economic relations, the importance of trade to the U.S. economy, and the steps nee…

Podcast U.S. President Biden speaks virtually with Chinese leader Xi from the White House in Washington

June 24, 2022

Mozambique
Mozambique’s Reversal of Fortune

Mozambique is at a moment of peak international leverage, but faces significant domestic challenges. 

President Filipe Nyusi walks out of a black vehicle with a mask on.

November 8, 2016

United States
A Conversation With Charles L. Evans

Charles Evans discusses U.S. economic performance since the 2008 recession, long-term implications for monetary policy, and Federal Reserve strategies for growth.

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April 24, 2024

China
China’s Battle Against Air Pollution: An Update

Although China seems to have continued improving air quality during the Covid era, it is premature to celebrate the end of its war against pollution.

Worker walks past cranes at Yushen Yuheng power plant, a coal-fired power plant under construction, in Yulin City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China.