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May 29, 2015

Development
This Week in Markets and Democracy: FIFA Corruption, Chronic Hunger, and Poverty Reduction

This post marks the launch of a new feature on the Development Channel, "This Week in Markets and Democracy." Each Friday, CFR’s Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Program, will highlight the week…

FIFA Corruption

October 15, 2009

Media
A Bleak Outlook on the Impossibility of Sustained Foreign Correspondence

As part of the Edward R. Murrow Press Fellowship 60th Anniversary initiative current and former fellows discuss the stories that have had the most impact and present ideas for sustaining serious inte…

June 23, 2011

Defense and Security
The World Next Week: Obama Decides on Afghanistan

President Barack Obama speaks about the war in Afghanistan during a televised address from the East Room of the White House on June 22, 2011. The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I dis…

resident Barack Obama speaks about the war in Afghanistan during a televised address from the East Room of the White House on June 22, 2011.

October 26, 2017

Puerto Rico
Repowering Puerto Rico with Solar a Worthwhile Goal, But Harder Than It Sounds

In the wake of Hurricane Maria, there is an opportunity for Puerto Rico to reconstruct its energy infrastructure to be more resilient and efficient. However, if short-term rebuilding is prioritized o…

Tesla installs solar power at children's hospital in San Juan, Puerto Rico

April 18, 2012

International Organizations
Another American World Bank President Is a Missed Opportunity

On CFR’s new Global Expert Roundup, I argue that the U.S. diplomatic push to install an American as the next World Bank president squandered a golden opportunity to promote a new era of global govern…

U.S. President Obama introduces Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim as his nominee to be the next president of the World Bank, in Washington