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May 9, 2024

Nigeria
Ethnonationalist Rumblings

Why seeming democratic progress has failed to staunch agitation for self-determination in Nigeria.

Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader Nnamdi Kanu is pictured smiling at the Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria.

May 10, 2024

United States
Election 2024: Where the Presidential Race Stands With Six Months to Go

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: Joe Biden and Donald Trump remain locked in a tight contest where third-party candidates could deci…

An election ballot box as viewed on a folding table.

March 21, 2012

Education
CFR’s Education Task Force: A Stark Warning and the Challenge Ahead

Education, perhaps more than any other issue, captures the worries over the precarious U.S. competitive position in the world. It is no exaggeration to say that the United States became the world’s m…

Former New York City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein and Former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice discuss the CFR Independent Task Force on U.S. Education Reform and National Security (Kaveh Sardari/www.sardari.com/)

March 20, 2024

South Korea
The U.S. Election and South Korean Anxieties

Today is my last day at CFR, which marks the conclusion of over fifteen years of contributions to Asia Unbound. My publications and contributions to CFR remain in archives on the website. 

Military personnel carry U.S. and South Korean flags as people wait for an official state arrival ceremony for South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and First Lady Kim Keon Hee on the South Lawn of the White House on April 26, 2023.

March 15, 2024

United States
Election 2024: Joe Biden Opposes the Sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: Joe Biden doesn’t want one of America’s closest allies to buy a once iconic American company.

Steel

February 22, 2024

Asia
Tipped Power Balance: China’s Peak and the U.S. Resilience

China's decline in economy and influence might indicate its unlikeliness to displace the United States as a leading global power in the foreseeable future. This development calls for a reevaluation o…

China's President Xi Jinping speaks at the "Senior Chinese Leader Event" held by the National Committee on US-China Relations and the US-China Business Council on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco

March 8, 2024

United States
Election 2024: Joe Biden Makes the Case for Ukraine Aid

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: President Joe Biden used his State of the Union Address to urge Congress to provide military aid to…

Biden SOTU

January 5, 2024

Cybersecurity
Cyber Week in Review: January 5, 2024

NYT sues OpenAI and Microsoft; Google begins phasing out third-party cookies; ODNI declassifies report on election interference; Dutch government stop ASML exports to China; UN AI advisory group rele…

OpenAI and The New York Times logos are seen in this illustration taken on December 27, 2023

January 3, 2024

Democracy
Taiwan’s Early Warning for the Future of Tech

Taiwan faces online threats in the run up to its January 13 election. Companies, governments, and civil society need to work together to defend against the growing influence of digital authoritariani…

Supporters of the opposition party Kuomintang (KMT) celebrate the preliminary results of the local elections during a rally in Taipei, Taiwan.