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Why is contact between law enforcement and the average citizen in Africa so frequently lethal?

Learn about sources of continued violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo and how the United Nations, African Union, and neighboring countries are struggling to curtail it.

Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic could revolutionize global health security, but the window for change is closing—quickly. In the latest Council Special Report, Yanzhong Huang and Rebecca Katz ...

Steven Levitsky is the senior fellow for democracy at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). He is also currently the David Rockefeller professor of Latin American studies and professor of ...