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October 19, 2023

Nigeria
In Search of Manhood

The genital disappearance panic sweeping across Nigeria evokes nagging anxiety over masculinity and male power.   

People watch as a man lifts a bar containing 50 kg (110 lbs) iron weights in his mouth.
Blog Post by Ebenezer Obadare Africa in Transition

June 24, 2020

U.S. Congress
FISA’s Current Controversies and Room for Improvement (Part Two)

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) has become almost impossibly political. In part two of our two-part series on FISA, former General Counsel of the National Security Agency Glenn Gerst…

U.S. Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz arrives to testify before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing "Examining the Inspector General's report on alleged abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)."
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Net Politics Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program

June 22, 2020

U.S. Congress
Making Sense of the Debates Over FISA (Part One)

Somehow, FISA has become a four-letter word. In the first part of a two-part series on the current debates surrounding the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, former General Counsel of the Nationa…

U.S. Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz arrives to testify before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Net Politics Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program

March 14, 2012

Trade
Morning Brief: China’s Rare Earth Policy Challenged at WTO

The United States, Europe, and Japan challenged China’s export restrictions of rare earth elements at the WTO (WSJ). The complaint alleges that the restrictions give Chinese manufacturers an unfair a…

Pipes coming from a rare earth smelting plant spew polluted water into a vast tailings dam near Xinguang Village, located in China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (David Gray/Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by Jonathan Masters Renewing America

March 7, 2023

Technology and Innovation
Ford-CATL Partnership Illustrates the Challenge of Decoupling EV Supply Chains

Ford Motor Company's partnership with a Chinese battery manufacturer encapsulates the difficulty of the United States to balance private sector interests with the desire to reduce dependence on China…

Ford Motor Company executive chairman William Clay Ford Jr. announces the company’s intention to partner with CATL to build an electric vehicle battery plant in Michigan.
Blog Post by Seaton Huang Net Politics