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February 23, 2016
Iran
Salman Rushdie and Nuclear Weapons
What has the author Salman Rushdie to do with nuclear weapons? Consider the article that appeared today in The Guardian. Here are the opening paragraphs: Forty state-run media outlets in …
March 15, 2017
Economics
A Conversation With Amina J. Mohammed
Leading international institutions and private sector corporations have concluded that women’s economic participation is critical to global growth and prosperity. However, today nearly 90 percent of …
January 7, 2011
Pakistan
Explaining the Salman Taseer Murder
The killing of Punjab’s governor, Salman Taseer, was symptomatic of widespread religious intolerance and fanaticism in Pakistan, says CFR’s Ed Husain.
June 3, 2024
Thailand
Thailand’s Draconian 112 Lèse-majesté Law: Any Hope for Change?
A repressive law limiting criticism of the Thai monarchy has placed the current king beyond reproach, but popular discontent with the legislation and the monarchy is growing.
June 12, 2024
Middle East and North Africa
CFR Fellows’ Book Launch Series: The End of Ambition: America’s Past, Present, and Future in the Middle East by Steven Cook
In The End of Ambition, Steven A. Cook boldly claims that despite setbacks and moral costs, the United States has had a record of success in the Middle East. Yet, beginning in the 1990s, those achiev…
April 25, 2016
Women and Women's Rights
A Conversation With Amina Mohammed
Amina Mohammed will join us for a discussion on how to implement the ambitious post-2015 agenda. This roundtable meeting is part of a new high-level series, in collaboration with the UN Foundation, t…
