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December 29, 2022

2022 in Review
Five Good Foreign Policy News Stories in 2022

As 2022 comes to a close, here are five positive stories on the foreign policy front that happened in the past year. 

Tourists as seen waiting in line for the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

April 19, 2024

Maternal and Child Health
Women This Week: Shortages of Essential Goods for Women and Children in Gaza

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 April 13 to April 19.

Palestinian women and children react at the site of an Israeli strike on a house, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, April 17, 2024.

December 14, 2012

Sub-Saharan Africa
Release of the Finance Minister’s Mother: Good News From Nigeria

Kamene Okonjo was released early on Friday, December 14. Eighty-two years of age, she is the mother of Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. Few details are available concerning the exact c…

Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala speaks during a media briefing in Pretoria 23/03/2012.

December 8, 2020

2020 in Review
2020: The Year’s Historic News in Graphics

Extreme natural occurrences. Police brutality and racism. A global pandemic. CFR breaks down 2020’s biggest news with graphics.

April 1, 2014

Israel
Should Pollard Be Released?

 I’m one of the many people, including former officials like George Shultz, who think Jonathan Pollard should be released. Given the nature of his crime, 30 years is enough or more than enough. Yet …

March 15, 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Cyber Week in Review: March 15, 2024

EU passes AI Act; ODNI releases 2024 threat assessment; Google restricts chatbot responses to election queries; Trump authorized information operation against China in 2019; House passes bill to ban …

U.S. intelligence officials look on as Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) speaks at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats to American security, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on March 11, 2024.

April 12, 2024

Health
Women This Week: Heightened Levels of Malnutrition for Women and Children

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 April 6 to April 12.

A girl carries her belongings in a container on her head in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, March 2, 2023.