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October 21, 2022

Iran
Women This Week: Iranian Climber Competes Without Headscarf, Some Fear Reprisals

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 15 to October 21.

A member of Iranian community living in Turkey, with her hand painted in red, takes part in a protest in support of Iranian women and against the death of Mahsa Amini, near the Iranian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey October 17, 2022.
Blog Post by Caroline Kapp Women Around the World

June 14, 2013

China
Friday Asia Update: Top Five Stories for the Week of June 14, 2013

Sharone Tobias and Will Piekos look at the top five stories in Asia this week. There will be no Friday Asia Update next week, June 21st.  1. Leaked NSA information could hurt U.S.-China ties; Snowde…

Protesters supporting Edward Snowden, a contractor at the National Security Agency (NSA), chant slogans as they march to the U.S. Consulate in Hong Kong on June 13, 2013. (Bobby Yip/Courtesy Reuters)
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Asia Unbound Asia Unbound

November 14, 2014

China
Friday Asia Update: Top Five Stories for the Week of November 14, 2014

Ashlyn Anderson, Lauren Dickey, Darcie Draudt, Andrew Hill, Will Piekos, and Sharone Tobias look at the top stories in Asia today. 1. Obama and Xi strike deals at APEC summit. The Asia-Pacific Econo…

Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) nations' leaders and spouses pose for a family photo in Beijing November 10, 2014. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS)
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Asia Unbound Asia Unbound

May 24, 2013

China
Friday Asia Update: Top Five Stories for the Week of May 24, 2013

Sharone Tobias and Will Piekos look at the top five stories in Asia this week. 1. Li wraps up first foreign trip to India and Pakistan. Li Keqiang finished his first foreign trip as Chinese premier,…

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (L) shakes hands with India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ahead of their meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on May 20, 2013.
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Asia Unbound Asia Unbound

July 12, 2013

Russia
Friday Asia Update: Top Five Stories for the Week of July 12, 2013

Sharone Tobias and Will Piekos look at the top five stories in Asia this week. 1. Cybersecurity the main focus of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, …

U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew (L) delivers remarks with China's Vice Premier Wang Yang at the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue at the Treasury Department in Washington on July 10, 2013.
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Asia Unbound Asia Unbound