CFR on the Record
Expert Spotlight
Adjunct Senior Fellow for African Peace and Security Issues
Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Organizations Diplomacy and International Institutions
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Hundreds of thousands of migrants come to the United States each year for work, but Washington has struggled to balance the shifting needs of industry with the concerns of the domestic labor force.
Over the past two decades, the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo have experienced fighting that has killed more than five million people. As the eastern Congo struggles to overcome years of regional war, its hard-won progress remains at risk.
The Trump administration has partially rolled back some business guidelines with Cuba while largely leaving the normalization policy unchanged.
Sectarian conflict is becoming entrenched in a growing number of Muslim countries and is threatening to fracture Iraq and Syria. Tensions between Sunnis and Shias, exploited by regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran, could reshape the future Middle East.
Iraqi Kurds have enjoyed virtual autonomy for more than two decades, but formal independence might finally be in reach due to changing realities facing Iraq and Turkey. (Azad Lashkari/Reuters)
