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January 7, 2003

Cuba
CFR Cuba Task Force Urges Significant Changes in U.S. Policy

November 29, 2000, Washington, D.C.– In a significant departure from legislation passed by Congress and signed into law by the president last month, a high-level task force of conservatives and liber…

September 27, 2012

Defense and Security
The World Next Week: Obama and Romney Debate, Netanyahu Visits the United States, the UN Talks Freedom of Speech, and Georgia Votes Amid Scandal

The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed the first presidential debate; Israeli prime minister Netanyahu’s visit to the United States; freedom of speech; and Georgia’s parliamen…

Jim Lehrer, seen here moderating the first 2008 presidential debate, will moderate next week's presidential debate at the University of Denver. (Chip Somodevilla/ courtesy Reuters)

May 7, 2012

United States
Obama’s Afghanistan Strategy: Signaling Intent

Last week, President Obama flew to Kabul to meet with President Hamid Karzai and sign the Enduring Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA) between the United States and Afghanistan. This aspirational d…

Obama and Karzai

August 6, 2014

Human Rights
Dignity as Global Institutions’ Mission: A New Consensus?

In global governance, there are a couple of nettlesome questions of scope. First, how broadly should universal human rights norms be defined? For instance, one could focus on political and civil righ…

Children of Dalits—also known as "untouchables"—are seen in the outskirts of the northern Indian city of Lucknow.

September 7, 2023

United States
Council Special Report: Rethinking International Rules on Subsidies

In the Council Special Report Rethinking International Rules on Subsidies, authors Jennifer Hillman and Inu Manak describe how the subsidies rules did little to prevent widespread industrial use by c…

Play Joe Biden walking on stage about to shake hands at a Semiconductor Fabrication Plant in Arizona

September 22, 2011

Politics and Government
Does It Make Sense to Watch Tonight’s GOP Debate?

http://youtu.be/HR3soNTfouo Click here to view this video on YouTube. They’re back! The Republican presidential candidates gather in Orlando tonight at 9 PM for another debate. This time the sponso…