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August 22, 2024

Human Rights
Religion and Foreign Policy Webinar: Statelessness of Religious and Ethnic Minority Groups

Henri J. Barkey, adjunct senior fellow for Middle East studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, and Laura van Waas, cofounder and codirector of the Institute of Statelessness and Inclusion, discu…

Play Kurdish men in traditional folklore costumes perform during the Duhok Dance Festival in Duhok Province, Iraq.

June 12, 2015

China
This Week in Markets and Democracy: Corruption in China, Mediterranean Migrant Crisis, Child Labor, and Turkish Elections

This is the third post of a new series on the Development Channel, "This Week in Markets and Democracy." Each Friday, CFR’s Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Program, will highlight the week’s no…

Migrant Boat Edited

August 6, 2024

Japan
Japan’s Debate Over LGBTQ+ Rights: The Diet

The courts were not the only voice influencing Japan’s LGBTQ+ rights last year.

People including plaintiffs' lawyers hold banners and flags, after the lower court ruled that not allowing same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, outside Nagoya district court, in Nagoya, central Japan

March 1, 2024

Maternal and Child Health
Women This Week: Food Scarcity Having Severe Impact on Children and Pregnant Women 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 February 24 to March 1.

Palestinian women and children wait to collect drinking water amid shortages, at a tent camp sheltering people who fled their houses due to Israeli strikes, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip January 28, 2024.

July 18, 2024

Daily News Brief

December 31, 2003

Pakistan
Council Expert Ispahani: U.S.-Pakistan ’Marriage’ Needs Serious Counseling

Mahnaz Ispahani, the Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow for South and West Asia and co-executive director of the Council-Asia Society Independent Task Force on New Priorities in South Asia, …

February 2, 2024

Technology and Innovation
Cyber Week in Review: February 2, 2024

Senate holds hearing on child safety on social media; U.S. disables Chinese botnet; Taylor Swift deepfakes flood social media; AI companies have to report safety tests to government; Brazil investiga…

Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg, X Corp's CEO Linda Yaccarino,TikTok's CEO Shou Zi Chew and Discord's CEO Jason Citron are sworn in during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on online child sexual exploitation at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on January 31, 2024.

March 13, 2024

Global
The President’s Inbox Recap: International Women’s Day

Adolescence is one of the most formative periods in a girl’s life.

Five girls as viewed sitting in a line.