Explainers
Note: CFR explainers are regularly updated. The dates included below indicate the last time I worked on that piece.
The Taliban in Afghanistan, January 2023
The Push to Conserve 30 Percent of the Planet: What’s at Stake?, December 2022
Why China-Taiwan Relations Are So Tense, August 2022
China and Russia: Exploring Ties Between Two Authoritarian Powers, June 2022
Hong Kong’s Freedoms: What China Promised and How It’s Cracking Down, May 2022
Global Climate Agreements: Successes and Failures, November 2021
China’s Repression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, May 2021
How Countries Are Holding Elections During the COVID-19 Pandemic, September 2020
Breaking News
COP27 Climate Summit in Egypt: What to Expect, October 2022
The Debate Over Boycotting the 2022 Beijing Olympics, December 2021
COP26: Here’s What Countries Pledged, November 2021
Where Will Afghan Refugees Go?, September 2021
Multimedia
Timeline: Politics and Protest at the Olympics, March 2022
Timeline: UN Climate Talks, November 2021
The Legacy of the U.S. War in Afghanistan in Nine Graphics, August 2021
How the World Has Learned to Grieve in a Pandemic, May 2020
Research
Bridging Gaps in U.S. and Indian Media Coverage of Climate Change, December 2024, see page 5
Lindsay Maizland 