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September 25, 2015

Gender
Why the Next UN Secretary-General Should Be a Woman

There have been eight secretaries-general of the United Nations since it was established seventy years ago. All of them have been men. As current United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s s…

All eight UN Secretaries-General (S-Gs) have been men, including the last two, the current S-G Ban Ki-moon (right) and his predecessor, Kofi Annan (here, UN–Arab League Joint Special Envoy for Syria), photographed in Geneva (April 2012) REUTERS/Evan Schneider

May 23, 2024

Iran
Iran’s Succession Woes, ICC Angers Israel, South Africa’s Election, and More

Iran’s regime carefully vets candidates for new presidential elections after the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash; Israeli leadership reacts to the International Criminal Court …

Podcast Staff handle the coffin of late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi during his burial ceremony in the holy shrine of Imam Reza in Mashhad, Iran, on May 23, 2024.

May 21, 2024

Defense and Security
America’s New Cold Wars, With David Sanger

David Sanger, the White House and national security correspondent for the New York Times, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how the post-Cold War ended and why the new era of geopolitical ri…

Podcast Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting in Beijing, China, on May 16, 2024.

June 16, 2015

Defense and Security
Top Ten Findings of the CIA Inspector General’s Report on 9/11

Last week, in response to long-standing FOIA requests, the CIA declassified—with significant redactions—five documents related to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. The most notable was a J…

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February 25, 2009

Global
NATO At 60 Symposium: Remarks by Former NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson

Watch former NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson offer his views on the 60th anniversary of the NATO alliance, as part of the Council on Foreign Relations "NATO at 60" Symposium.

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March 5, 2024

United States
Ten Facts About the State of the Union Address

President Biden will deliver the annual State of the Union address on Thursday night. Here are ten things you might not know about the tradition of having a president deliver an annual address.

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March 31, 2009

Monetary Policy
Creditors generally do like to lend in their own currency …

China may not be an exception after all. A creditor than lends in its own currency doesn’t have to worry all that much about the risk that it its lending is denominated in a currency that will depre…