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May 19, 2021

China
Virtual Roundtable: The Future of Strategic Arms Control

To avoid a costly and potentially dangerous arms race with China and Russia, the United States should consider new and creative approaches to strategic arms control. A new paper, “The Future of Strat…

Play U.S. sergeants secure the AGM-183A.
Virtual Event by Dmitry Stefanovich, Tong Zhao, and Rebecca K. Hersman Center for Preventive Action

June 25, 2020

South Africa
Trials for COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Begin in South Africa

Trials of the Jenner Institute’s vaccine are taking place in Brazil, the United Kingdom Brazil, and South Africa, and the other trials also appear to have begun on June 24. According to the WHO, there are 220 vaccine candidates are in development.

A bald, young man with a white mask sits, with three layers of clothing, a purple sweater, a dark blue flannel, and finally, an orange t-shirt, peeled back in order to reveal his harm as he receives a vaccine candidate for COVID-19. The health care worker administering the vaccine is in a dark grey jacket and is wearing white medical gloves. The wall is painted white brick and there are informational posters around.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

May 15, 2024

China
Religion in China

A significant proportion of China’s population claims to follow a religion. However, the government continues to toughen oversight, increase persecution of some religions, and attempt to co-opt state…

Chinese Hui Muslim women gather for a group photo before a flag raising ceremony before Eid al-Fitr prayers at the historic Niujie Mosque on April 22, 2023 in Beijing, China.
Backgrounder by CFR.org Editors

July 28, 2021

Nigeria
Nnamdi Kanu’s Trial Turns Up Pressure on Nigerian Government

Nigerian security agencies failed on Monday to produce Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the increasingly radical secessionist group Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), in Federal High Court for his arraignment. While government lawyers cited “logistical problems” for Kanu’s absence, his lawyer told the court that he had been unable to access his client in ten days and that he believed his client’s life was in danger.

Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, emerges from a room wearing patterned clothing and holding a shield with the flag of Biafra, a breakaway state defeated in Nigeria's civil war in 1967-70. A flag of Israel is also next to the doorway, signifying Kanu's Jewish faith.
Blog Post by Nkasi Wodu Africa in Transition

November 12, 2020

Cybersecurity
Widening the Aperture on the Study of Internet Control

Internet control is more than just an authoritarian problem. It invades the openness of democratic societies as well.

A man takes a selfie during a live screening of a ceremony by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Net Politics Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program

February 4, 2021

U.S. Congress
Trump’s Trial Begins, Myanmar’s Military Coup, and More

Former President Donald J. Trump’s second impeachment trial begins in the Senate, Myanmar faces the fallout of a military coup, and the United States extends the New START nuclear treaty with Russia…

Podcast Supporters wave National League for Democracy (NLD) flags as a symbol of resistance and as part of the "Civil Disobedience Campaign" against the military coup. Myanmar's military detained State Counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi and declared a state of emergency while seizing the power in the country for a year after losing the election against the National League for Democracy (NLD).
Podcast by James M. Lindsay and Robert McMahon The World Next Week