An ultimatum from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to Niger’s junta to hand power back to the elected Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum expired on August 6. Vanda Felbab-Brown explains why the junta has not backed down in the face of tough economic sanctions and a trade blockade on Niger.
Amid diminishing public support, continued funding for Ukraine will be a hard sell in Congress. William A. Galston examines the dramatic fall in Republican support for Ukraine.
Dictators around the world are increasingly weaponizing women’s empowerment to gain legitimacy and distract from human rights violations. Sharan Grewal, M. Tahir Kilavuz, and Yuree Noh argue that popularity for legislative gender quotas is relatively low, as citizens see such gains as "genderwashing."
"I think [former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran] Khan blaming the U.S. for his ouster last year certainly hasn't helped matters for him. The U.S. has since steered clear of commenting in any specific terms on Pakistan's politics."
Erdogan’s post-western Turkey.Aslı Aydıntaşbaş and Jeremy Shapiro argue in Foreign Affairs that Washington must embrace a transactional relationship with Ankara as it moves further away from Western values.
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) oversight. DEA Administrator Anne Milgram’s testimony to Congress provided fascinating insights into the substance of the China-Mexico-United States drug trade and the Mexican cartels, Vanda Felbab-Brown writes in an opinion piece for Mexico Today.
