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October 10, 2023

Media
Selective News Avoidance

Benjamin Toff, senior research fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, discusses his research on the increasingly complex relationship with traditional news media that many peopl…

Play Woman walks past a newspaper box in Chicago, Illinois.

October 28, 2022

United Kingdom
The Prime Minister’s Inbox: The United Kingdom and the Challenges Ahead

Following the resignation of Liz Truss and selection of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, panelists discuss the economic and political challenges facing the United Kingdom (UK), including calls for a gener…

Play Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing St

February 13, 2013

Sub-Saharan Africa
Ghana: An African Poster-Boy?

This is a guest post by Fr. Giles Conacher, a Benedictine monk based in Ghana.  Ghana is often portrayed as Africa’s answer to sliced bread, a political and economic role model for all of Africa–doe…

Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama (L) takes the oath during his inauguration ceremony at the Independence Square in Accra January 7, 2013.

December 19, 2006

United States
Foreign Affairs Again Ranked Most Influential of All Media by U.S. Opinion-Leader Study

Foreign Affairs, published by the Council on Foreign Relations since 1922, has again been ranked #1 in influence by U.S. opinion leaders in a recent national study conducted by Erdos & Morgan, the pr…

January 5, 2005

Capital Flows
Competitve compassion: the coming development debate

Act one: Tsunami. A few well-timed comments on stinginess produced an outpouring of aid.Act two: The UK plans a "development" G-8 summit. The summit won’t happen for a while, but the real negotiati…