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Women This Week: Denmark to Expand Open Lottery to Draft WomenWelcome 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 June 28 to July 3.
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Here’s Where Trump’s Deportations Are Sending MigrantsThe Trump administration’s deportations of undocumented immigrants are accelerating as part of a broader crackdown on unauthorized immigration. The focus so far has been on immigration raids across the country and hundreds of deportation flights, mainly to Latin American countries.
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Women This Week: Indigenous Women Fight Wildfires in BoliviaWelcome 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 June 21 to June 27.
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General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director of the Center for Preventive Action
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The Nonproliferation Chilling Effect U.S. Strikes on Iran Nuclear Sites Could CauseCountries without nuclear weapons could decide nuclear nonproliferation and transparency efforts that the world has taken for granted now pose more risk than reward.
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Assessing the Effect of the U.S. Strikes on IranAs the dust settles over the American missile and bomb craters in Iran, questions are already swirling about the success of the U.S. operation and the ripple effect it could have on the region and beyond.
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What Is the Extent of Sudan’s Humanitarian Crisis?More than two years into the civil war in Sudan, at least twelve million people have been forcibly displaced, but experts say the country’s devastating humanitarian crisis is still not getting the international attention it deserves.
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U.S., Israel Attack Iranian Nuclear Targets—Assessing the DamageThe United States joined Israel’s bombing campaign of Iran’s nuclear program. A clear picture of the damage inside Iran—and the state of its nuclear strength—is still unfolding.
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What Is NATO?The alliance continues to bolster its military deterrent in Europe amid Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine and has expanded its membership in recent years.
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U.S. Forces in the Middle East: Mapping the Military PresenceThe United States maintains an extensive military footprint in the Middle East, including a number of naval assets and permanent U.S. bases. Washington’s presence has allowed it to respond to regional threats, including the Yemen-based Houthi rebels and escalating Israel-Iran tensions.
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Trump’s Iran Attack Was Impressive, but Airpower Has Its LimitsDespite the impressive advances in airpower since the 1950s—like the precision-guided munitions employed in Saturday’s attack—there is only so much airstrikes can accomplish.
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Women This Week: British Vote to Expand Abortion RightsWelcome 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 June 14 to June 20.
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Organized Crime Is Thriving in Myanmar’s Civil War—and It’s a Global ThreatMyanmar has become, by some estimates, the current center for global organized crime following the 2021 coup and now meets the definition of a failed state.
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Optimal DeterrenceThe United States faces growing dangers of nuclear escalation, a new arms race, and proliferation. This report recommends an improved strategy for “optimal deterrence” and a path to rebuilding relationships with allies without allowing them to dictate U.S. force requirements.
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Weathering the Storm: The Hague Summit and the Future of NATOEuropean leaders should avoid clashing with Trump at the NATO Summit in The Hague. In the coming months and years, they should focus on increasing defense spending, further integrating Ukraine into the regional security architecture, and developing a European-led future for the alliance.
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Strategic Crossroads: NATO’s Agenda for The Hague SummitPanelists discuss what to expect from the upcoming NATO Summit at The Hague amid an uncertain geopolitical and political environment. For those attending virtually, log-in information and instructions on how to participate during the question and answer portion will be provided the evening before the event to those who register. Please note the audio, video, and transcript of this hybrid meeting will be posted on the CFR website.