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December 16, 2024

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.

Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, 73, running mate of Ghana's main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) party presidential candidate John Dramani Mahama, blows a kiss to supporters during the final election campaign rally in Accra, Ghana December 2024.

March 11, 2025

United States
The President’s Inbox Recap: U.S. Space Policy

The proliferation of space debris and a lack of agreed-upon rules threatens the essential benefits of space for commerce and security.

SpaceX rocket launch night

December 7, 2012

Japan
David P. Janes: Japan, Beyond Tomorrow

This blog post is part of a series entitled Is Japan in Decline?, in which leading experts analyze Japan’s economy, politics, and society and give their assessment of Japan’s future. During a recent…

Buildings are silhouetted against the setting sun in front of Mount Fuji in Tokyo

March 7, 2025

China
The President’s Inbox Recap: Reporting from China

The decline of U.S. foreign reporting in China widens the gap between the two societies and heightens the risk of crises spiraling out of control. 

China Guo Weimin Address Filming

September 20, 2024

United States
Election 2024: Donald Trump Has Vowed to Raise Tariffs. Can He?

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This week: Congress is empowered to set tariff policy, but it has delegated much of its authority to the presi…

Shipping containers at Port Newark, New Jersey

January 28, 2025

Sexual Violence
The Revenge of the Me-Too Martyrs

In his cabinet picks, Trump is revealing not just an apathy towards sexual assault and harassment, but seemingly a celebration of it.

Security personnel remove a protester as Pete Hegseth, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be secretary of defense, testifies before a Senate Committee on Armed Services confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 14, 2025.

December 13, 2024

United States
Transition 2025: Events Will Test Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy Promises

Each Friday, I examine what is happening with President-elect Donald Trump’s transition to the White House. This week: Donald Trump is inheriting a difficult foreign policy inbox that may only get mo…

Trump takes the stage at the final rally of his 2024 presidential campaign