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August 15, 2023

United Nations
The Role of the UN Secretary-General

The United Nations’ top leadership position has broad authority to steer the organization’s agenda, but its impact has varied widely since 1946.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres is escorted by staff at a displaced persons camp in Somalia.

March 21, 2023

Global
A Conversation With David Malpass

World Bank President David Malpass discusses the overlapping challenges facing developing countries and opportunities for action.

Play David Malpass speaks at event with World Bank logo on screen behind him

September 21, 2023

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Russell C. Leffingwell Lecture With Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg discusses Russia’s war against Ukraine, including the importance of NATO and the transatlantic bond to peace and stability. Inaugurated in 1969, the Russell…

Play NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks at a podium

June 27, 2024

France
France, Iran, and the UK Hold Snap Elections, EU Pushback on Chinese EVs, and More

France’s governance is at stake as it holds snap elections for its National Assembly, with the far-right National Rally looking to build on its success in the European Parliament elections; the Unite…

Podcast Election posters of Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella on June 2, 2024, in Paris, France. Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images

June 18, 2024

United States
Virtual Roundtable: The Pandemic Agreement and IHR Amendments After the World Health Assembly

In response to COVID-19, member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) have been negotiating to create a pandemic agreement and to amend the existing International Health Regulations (IHR). Th…

Play A bat ecologist, detangles a bat caught on a mist net that was set up in front of a building with a bat roost at the University of the Philippines Los Banos.

June 5, 2024

Russia
Leslie H. Gelb Memorial Event: Common Sense and Strategy in Foreign Policy

David E. Sanger discusses U.S. rivalry with the other two great nuclear powers—Xi Jinping’s China and Vladimir Putin’s Russia—the choices that lie ahead, and what is at stake for the United States an…

Play David E. Sanger speaking on stage.

September 2, 2011

Defense and Security
Friday File: Saluting General David Petraeus

Outgoing International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) commander General David Petraeus salutes during the change of command ceremony in Kabul on July 18, 2011. (Ahmad Masood/courtesy Reuters) Abov…

Outgoing International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) commander General David Petraeus salutes during the change of command ceremony in Kabul July 18, 2011. U.S. General John Allen took over the ISAF command from General Petraeus. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood