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Jennifer Williams
Senior Foreign Editor; Co-host of Worldly
Before joining Vox, Jennifer was a senior researcher at the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution and the deputy foreign policy editor for Lawfare. Her work on jihadist groups, terrorism, and the Middle East has appeared in numerous publications including Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, and The National Interest.
She was a Sié Fellow at the Sié Chéou-Kang Center for International Security and Diplomacy at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver, where she received her M.A. in International Studies in 2010. She speaks Arabic and has a Boston Terrier who is the love of her life.
Latest articles by Jennifer Williams
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The most basic answers to the most basic questions about the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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![The big ship stuck in the Suez Canal is free](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22405774/GettyImages_1232002859.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0062492188476426%2C100%2C99.987501562305&w=2400)
Ever Given, the massive container ship that blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week, is now free.
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![Trump has the authority to launch nuclear weapons — whether Pelosi likes it or not](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22223072/GettyImages_1230470150.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Playing politics with control of the US nuclear arsenal is inappropriate — and dangerous.
![Was the US Capitol attack “domestic terrorism”?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22220701/GettyImages_1295053257.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=6.2666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
President-elect Joe Biden called the Capitol mob “domestic terrorists.” Are they?
![China’s new national security law is already chilling free speech in Hong Kong](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/20063008/GettyImages_1223805231.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
China’s new security law just went into effect in Hong Kong. Free speech evaporated overnight.
![Muslims love Jesus, too: 6 things you didn’t know about Jesus in Islam](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19545315/GettyImages_460629094.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.976334951456%2C0%2C64.047330097087%2C100&w=2400)
![Muslims love Jesus, too: 6 things you didn’t know about Jesus in Islam](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19545315/GettyImages_460629094.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=1.9645024271845%2C0%2C96.070995145631%2C100&w=2400)
Jesus, Mary, and the angel Gabriel are all in the Quran.
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US Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland will testify Wednesday, along with Pentagon official Laura Cooper and State Department official David Hale.
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![Justin Trudeau faces backlash after photo and video are uncovered showing him in brownface](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19212875/GettyImages_1166206114.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.054288816503799%2C100%2C99.891422366992&w=2400)
This is now the third confirmed instance of the Canadian prime minister wearing offensive makeup.
![Osama bin Laden’s son, the “Crown Prince of Terror,” is dead. Or is he?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/18376352/AP_17305835363895.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=12.716049382716%2C0%2C74.567901234568%2C100&w=2400)
![Osama bin Laden’s son, the “Crown Prince of Terror,” is dead. Or is he?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/18376352/AP_17305835363895.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C5.2980132450331%2C100%2C89.403973509934&w=2400)
Reports say Hamza bin Laden may be dead. But some skepticism is in order.
![UK signs order for WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange to be extradited to the US](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/16341529/GettyImages_685309484.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![UK signs order for WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange to be extradited to the US](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/16341529/GettyImages_685309484.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
It’s the first step in what could be a lengthy legal battle over whether the WikiLeaks founder should face prosecution for espionage and hacking.