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Conflicts Are Converging Around the Red Sea. U.S. Policy Remains Muddled. | Council on Foreign Relations (opens the original)
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The Red Sea region is in a state of upheaval. Iran’s stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz led to an outsized Saudi dependence on the Bab el-Mandeb, and Yemen’s Houthis seized the moment. As my colleague Steven Cook has explained, these developments have strengthened the hand of the Iranian regime, and worsened supply chain disruptions, energy price increases, and both Saudi and Egyptian anxiety. But anyone who thinks the situation could not get much worse is not paying attention. Last week, the
Much Ado About Mapping | Council on Foreign Relations (opens the original)
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Late last week, the United States cast the sole vote opposing a United Nations General Assembly resolution encouraging member states to use accurate world maps. Specifically, the effort was aimed at shifting away from the Mercator projection, which enlarges landmasses near the poles relative to those closer to the equator, to the Equal Earth projection, which gives viewers a less distorted view of the relative size of continents. Unsurprisingly, it was an effort driven by the African Group of fi
Zambia’s Messy Election | Council on Foreign Relations (opens the original)
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Zambia’s 2026 general elections are unlikely to leave many citizens feeling particularly confident in their democracy. That’s a shame, because in 2021, the commitment of Zambian citizens served as a bright spot in dark times for democracy advocates around the world. With grassroots organizing and impressive youth mobilization, Zambians pushed back on increasing authoritarianism to demand political change in the form of a victory for Hakainde Hichilema and his United Party for National Developmen
Leaders’ Medical Secrecy Harms Public Trust | Council on Foreign Relations (opens the original)
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Aging leaders. Mysterious medical appointments. Elected officials’ long absences from public duties, explained in the vaguest of terms or not at all. These increasingly common features of political life in the United States are familiar to many followers of African politics. Their corrosive effect on public trust and accountability in African states should serve as a warning to Americans. In Cameroon, citizens are wondering whether their 93-year-old president, Paul Biya, will ever return to the
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