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Elections and Voting

Women This Week: Indian Politicians Court Women Voters

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 December 14 to December 20.

Post by Noël James December 20, 2024 Women Around the World
Religion

Religion and Foreign Policy Webinar: The Pope and International Relations

Peter Casarella, professor of theology at Duke Divinity School, and Cecilia González-Andrieu, professor of theological studies at Loyola Marymount University, discuss the geopolitical and cultural influence of the pope, the challenges and opportunities the Catholic Church faces in addressing international issues, and the global religious leadership of Pope Francis.

Webinar by Peter Casarella, Cecilia González-Andrieu and Irina A. Faskianos December 17, 2024 Religion and Foreign Policy Series
Elections and Voting

Women This Week: Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang Elected as Ghana’s First Female Vice President

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 December 7 to December 13.

Post by Noël James and Uma Fox December 16, 2024 Women Around the World

Experts in this Topic

Elliott Abrams

Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies

Jerome A. Cohen

Adjunct Senior Fellow for Asia Studies

Joshua Kurlantzick

Senior Fellow for Southeast Asia and South Asia

Catherine Powell

Adjunct Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy

David J. Scheffer

Senior Fellow

José Miguel Vivanco

Adjunct Senior Fellow for Human Rights

Matthew C. Waxman

Adjunct Senior Fellow for Law and Foreign Policy

United States

Watchlist 2025: Safeguarding the World's Most Vulnerable Nations

David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee (IRC), presents the new IRC Emergency Watchlist report, highlighting the countries at highest risk of humanitarian crises in 2025 and examining where the international community has made progress or fallen short.

Virtual Event by David Miliband and Morgan Brennan December 11, 2024
Women and Women's Rights

Women’s Power Index

Find out where women around the world wield political power—and why it matters.

Interactive by Linda Robinson and Noël James December 9, 2024 Women and Foreign Policy Program
Sexual Violence

Women This Week: New UN Report Finds Women Most At-Risk of Violence in Their Own Homes

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 November 23 to December 6.

Post by Noël James and Uma Fox December 6, 2024 Women Around the World

Israel

Assessing a Year of War in the Middle East

A year after Hamas’s devastating October 7 attack, Israel faces a seven-front war and deepening divisions between its military and Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. Meanwhile, the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is dire. This joint symposium between CFR and the Institute for National Security Studies (Israel) will bring together a broad range of regional and military experts to reflect on a year of war in the Middle East and how the change in U.S. administrations could shape evolving regional dynamics. The sessions will cover the present state of the war in Gaza, the future of Middle East peace processes, and U.S. strategy towards Iran. Click here to download the full agenda for the symposium. Members may bring a guest to this symposium.

Virtual Event by Audrey Kurth Cronin, Tamir Hayman, Robert Pape, Elliott Abrams , Nazanin Boniadi, Salam Fayyad, Richard Haass , Assaf Orion, Itamar Rabinovich, Mara E. Rudman, Steven A. Cook , Elise Labott and Janine Zacharia December 3, 2024
Climate Change

Women This Week: Deadlock at COP29 to Update UN Action Plan on Gender and Climate

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 November 16 to November 22.

Post by Noël James and Uma Fox November 22, 2024 Women Around the World
International Criminal Court

The Role of the ICC

The International Criminal Court was created to bring justice to the world’s worst war criminals, but debate over the court still rages.

Backgrounder by Claire Klobucista and Mariel Ferragamo November 22, 2024
Religion

Religion and Foreign Policy Webinar: Jewish-American Perspectives on U.S. Foreign Policy

Elliott Abrams, CFR senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies, and Elliot Cosgrove, rabbi of Park Avenue Synagogue, will discuss the evolving role of the Jewish diaspora in shaping U.S. policy towards the Middle East, the challenges of fostering unity within the Jewish community, and the broader implications for international relations. Asher Lopatin, rabbi of Kehillat Etz Chayim, will moderate the discussion.

Webinar by Elliott Abrams , Elliot J. Cosgrove, Asher Lopatin and Irina A. Faskianos November 19, 2024
Sexual Violence

Women This Week: Online Abuse Against Women Surges After U.S. Election

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 November 9 to November 15.

Post by Noël James and Uma Fox November 15, 2024 Women Around the World
Elections and Voting

Women This Week: Maia Sandu Wins Reelection in Moldova

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 November 2 to November 8.

Post by Noël James November 8, 2024 Women Around the World
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Geofencing: The Overlooked Barrier to Reproductive Freedom

Data brokers’ geofencing practices around healthcare facilities can expose women to harassment and prosecution. Federal legislation modeled on laws in New York and Connecticut would protect women’s privacy and reproductive rights.

Post by Cecilia Marrinan October 30, 2024 Net Politics
Election 2024

Misogynoir in Today’s America: Exploring the History of the Racist, Sexist Attacks on Kamala Harris

In what ways are sexist and racist tropes being used by the Trump campaign to characterize Harris in the presidential election?

Post by Jacob Ware October 29, 2024 Women Around the World
Human Rights

Southeast and South Asia Step Up Controls on Online Discourse

Governments across Southeast and South Asia have sought to restrain freedom of expression on online platforms.

Post by Joshua Kurlantzick October 29, 2024 Asia Unbound