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Ethiopia – The Conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region (CFR)

Speaker Michelle Gavin Senior Fellow for Africa Studies, Council on Foreign Relations Presider Irina A. Faskianos Vice President for National Program and Outreach, Council on Foreign Relations go to CFR: The...

Tunisia – Kais Saied’s power grab in Tunisia (Brookings)

Sharan Grewal writes: On July 25, Tunisian President Kais Saied froze the parliament, dismissed the prime minister, and announced he will temporarily rule by decree. Flanked...

USA/Mexico – A porpoise to serve: Rescuing the vaquita and the US-Mexico relationship (Brookings)

Kristin Nowell and Vanda Felbab-Brown write: There’s little to celebrate this International Save the Vaquita Day (July 24) — at last count, in 2019, only nine of the little...

USA/Libya – U.S. Special Envoy and Ambassador to Libya Richard Norland’s Visit to Tripoli (US Department of State)

U.S. Special Envoy and Ambassador to Libya Richard Norland visited Tripoli, Libya July 26 where he met with interim Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dabaiba, attended...

USA/Iraq – Joint Statement on the U.S.-Iraq Strategic Dialogue (US Department of State)

The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and the Republic of Iraq. The delegations of...

USA/Colombia – Secretary Blinken’s Call with Colombian Vice President and Foreign Minister Ramirez (US Deparment of State)

The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Colombian Vice President and Foreign Minister Marta Lucia...

Senegal – Reconciling economic growth and youth employment creation in Senegal. How can industries without smokestacks help? (Brookings)

Ahmadou Aly Mbaye, Fatou Gueye, Assane Beye, Abdou Khadir Dia, and Massaer Mbaye write: In recent years, high youth unemployment has become one of the most pressing challenges...

Cyber – Should ransomware payments be banned? (Brookings)

Tarah Wheeler and Ciaran Martin write: In recent memory, ransomware has gone from major nuisance to international crisis. Criminal gangs that target computers, encrypt their contents,...

Internet Poverty – Measuring internet poverty (Brookings)

Jesús Crespo Cuaresma, Marco Fengler, Katharina Fenz, Homi Kharas, and Leo Saenger writes: For the majority of the world, it is impossible to think of life without the...

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