Lauren Wolfe is a journalist and director of Women Under Siege, a journalism project on sexualized violence based at the Women's Media Center in New York.
Syrians walk amid the rubble of destroyed buildings following reported air strikes by regime forces in the rebel-held area of Douma, east of the capital Damascus, on August 30, 2015. More than 240,000 people have been killed since Syria's conflict began in March 2011, and half of the country's population has been displaced by the war. AFP PHOTO / ABD DOUMANY / AFP / ABD DOUMANY (Photo credit should read ABD DOUMANY/AFP/Getty Images)
Displaced people pass by a government soldier on June 5, 2008 in Kinyandonyi, 85km north of the provincial capital Goma. Nine people have reportedly been killed when FDLR (Democratic Force for the Liberation of Rwanda) rebels attacked a refugee camp on June 4. DR Congo's top UN, US and EU officials condemned the "terrorist" attacks on refugees in the east of the country blamed on the Rwandan Hutu militia. AFP PHOTO / LIONEL HEALING (Photo credit should read LIONEL HEALING/AFP/Getty Images)
DR Congo's Leopards supporters wait to catch a glimpse of the soccer players after they returned to the county's capital Kinshasa following their win over Mali in the Champions of African Nations Championship (CHAN) final match, on February 8, 2016.
DR Congo won the final match of the tournament against Mali by three goals to nil at Amahoro National Stadium in Kigali on February 7, 2016. / AFP / JUNIOR KANNAH (Photo credit should read JUNIOR KANNAH/AFP/Getty Images)
In her role as administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, Samantha Power is often thrust into the forefront of some of the world’s biggest crises. From working to ensu...Show morere that Russia honors a U.N.-brokered deal to ship grain from Ukraine to helping to figure out how to get aid to cash-strapped Sri Lanka, Power plays an important role in everyday U.S. foreign policy.
How can the world solve the ongoing food crisis? How can Ukraine win the war? How can democracy be strengthened amid an autocratic surge?
Join FP editor in chief Ravi Agrawal for a wide-ranging interview with Power on Aug. 15 at 2:30 p.m. EDT. As always, FP subscribers will have an opportunity to ask questions live.
Last summer, the United States decided to end its longest war. But just days after the U.S. military withdrew from Afghanistan, Kabul fell—and the Taliban took control of the country. Aug....Show more 15 will mark one year since the group has been in power.
How are Afghans coping with their new rulers? What are the internal policy spats within the Taliban? Has the international community done enough to assist Afghans? What does the future hold for the country?
For answers, watch FP editor in chief Ravi Agrawal's in-depth discussion with Lynne O’Donnell, a columnist for FP detained by the Taliban in late July, and Michael Kugelman, the writer of FP’s weekly South Asia Brief.
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