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June 26, 2024

Iran
The Islamic Republic’s Power Centers

Who calls the shots in Iran on economic policy, security, and domestic calls for reform? A look at the government’s organization chart indicates how complicated the answer is.

Close up of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei giving an address

May 29, 2024

Public Health Threats and Pandemics
Avian Flu Outbreak and Preventing the Next Pandemic

Jennifer Nuzzo, senior fellow senior fellow for global health at CFR, discusses the spread of the avian influenza in poultry and dairy cows in the United States and risks that zoonotic diseases pose …

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May 31, 2024

Myanmar
How Myanmar Became a Global Center for Cyber Scams

Organized crime groups in Southeast Asia have seized on Myanmar’s instability amid civil war to establish a string of scam centers engaged in global online fraud operations.

May 28, 2024

Climate Change
Daughters and Sons Guest Event: From Image to Action—Raising Climate Awareness

Using visual mediums and narratives, an artist and a documentary producer discuss the urgent challenges of climate change and what it will take to solve the climate crisis through science, the power …

Play Fishermen row a boat in the algae filled Chaohu Lake in Hefei, Anhui province in China.

April 23, 2024

Climate Change
Special Event: Dinner of Extinction—A Taste of Climate Action

The “Dinner of Extinction” will address the dangers the world faces due to climate change and rapidly deteriorating ecosystems. Sam Kass, former White House Chef and Senior Policy Advisor for Nutriti…

Play A female employee wearing a white shirt arranges pricetags at a vegetables work bench full of green leafy vegetables and red tomatoes.

April 8, 2024

Sexual Violence
Arthur C. Helton Memorial Lecture: Preventing and Addressing Sexual Violence in Conflict

The United Nations recognized rape as a war crime in 2008 through the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1820. Despite this step, sexual violence remains a widespread practice in wars and con…

Play Sheryl Sandberg at an event at the Council on Foreign Relations

April 17, 2024

Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Preventing U.S. Election Violence in 2024

Violence around U.S. elections in 2024 could not only destabilize American democracy but also embolden autocrats across the world. Jacob Ware recommends that political leaders take steps to shore up …

The U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021

June 18, 2024

United States
How the U.S. Patrols Its Borders

President Joe Biden’s attempts to grapple with a record number of migrants are keeping the role of enforcement at the center of the debate over U.S. asylum, border, and deportation policy.

Migrants walk along the U.S.-Mexico border after crossing the Rio Grande into Texas.

June 27, 2024

Indo-Pacific
Studying Landpower in the Indo-Pacific

The China Landpower Studies Center at the U.S. Army War College produces research and analysis of China's strategic landpower for U.S. policymakers and military leaders. 

Chinese President Xi Jinping walks past members of the Chinese People's Liberation Army as he arrives for a ceremony to present flowers at the Monument to the People's Heroes to commemorate Martyrs' Day, a day ahead of China's National Day, on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China September 30, 2023.

September 20, 2023

Climate Change
Dinner of Extinction: A Taste of Climate Action

The “Dinner of Extinction” addresses the dangers the world faces due to climate change and rapidly deteriorating ecosystems. Panelists discussed the future of climate change and what can be done to p…

Play A tea garden worker holds freshly picked tea leaves in Assam, India.