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June 20, 2024
United States
Paul C. Warnke Lecture on International Security: Turning Point—The Bomb and The Cold War
The Netflix series Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War is an exploration of the decades-long conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union framed by current events that reveal the Cold…
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.
August 28, 2007
United States
Public Diplomacy Chief Points to Growing Role in Shaping Policy
The official in charge of running U.S. public diplomacy, Karen Hughes, says her insights as a roving ambassador increasingly help shape Bush administration policy.
May 22, 2024
Middle East and North Africa
2024 International Affairs Fellowship Conference: A Conversation With Philip Gordon
Dr. Phil Gordon was the Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (2009–2011) and Special Assistant to the President and White House Coordinator for the Middle East, North Africa…
February 25, 2007
Financial Markets
The cranes of Dubai. Are they the answer to Edward Hugh’s question?
I think anyone who visits Dubai right now is bound to be dumbstruck by the sheer scale of the construction. It, quite honestly, puts anything I saw in China in early 2005 to shame. To the naked ey…
February 28, 2024
Trade
World Economic Update
The World Economic Update highlights the quarter’s most important and emerging trends. Discussions cover changes in the global marketplace with special emphasis on current economic events and their i…
August 3, 2011
United States
A Bullish View on U.S. Treasuries
Despite global market fears of a U.S. credit downgrade, U.S. treasuries will remain the safest bet for international investors, says global economics expert Kent Hughes.