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January 10, 2023

Israel
Israel’s New Government, With Martin Indyk

Martin S. Indyk, the Lowy distinguished fellow in U.S.-Middle East diplomacy at the Council, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the consequences of Benjamin Netanyahu’s return as Israel’s pri…

Podcast Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the press after a traditional government group photo at the President's house on December 29, 2022 in Jerusalem, Israel.

September 19, 2023

China
Sparks: China’s Underground Historians and Their Battle for the Future

Sparks tells the story of how underground writers, filmmakers, and journalists are challenging one of the pillars of Communist Party rule: its control of history. In underground documentary films, sa…

Teaching Notes image for Sparks.

October 3, 2023

China
China Isn't Shifting Away From the Dollar or Dollar Bonds

China's reserves has shifted its dollar reserves from Treasuries to Agencies, and made increased use of offshore custodians. The available evidence suggests that it still holds about 50 percent of it…

U.S. Portfolio vs. China's Reserves and Other Foreign Assets

September 29, 2009

Economic Crises
State and Local Officials Conference Call: Update on the Global Economy (Audio)

Listen to Roger M. Kubarych, the Henry Kaufman adjunct senior fellow for international economics and finance at CFR, give an update on the global economy in light of the G-20 meeting in Pittsburgh an…

Podcast

May 20, 2007

China
What, if anything, has China decided to do differently?

China widened the band around the RMB and raised (slightly) interest rates, with the rate on deposits going up more than the rate on lending.     It hardly seemed like a major policy shift to me – bu…

September 21, 2020

Middle East and North Africa
The UAE-Israel Agreement Isn’t Only About Iran. There’s Also Turkey.

Israel and the UAE both see Iran as a mutual enemy, but their decision to normalize relations also helps them form a united front against Turkey’s growing regional influence.

A child sits on a man's shoulders and holds the Turkish and Palestinian flags.