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December 14, 2011

United States
Mr. Friedman’s Diatribe Against Israel

Occasionally critics of the government of Israel and of its American supporters put aside polite talk and bare their souls, and that can be an edifying if deeply unattractive moment. Such a moment ar…

September 28, 2012

United States
A Conversation with Rebecca Blank, Acting U.S. Secretary of Commerce

Please join Acting Secretary Blank for a discussion about supporting the future of U.S. competitiveness and job growth through efforts to increase business investments—from both domestic and foreign …

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March 3, 2011

Sub-Saharan Africa
Friedman’s List: What It May Mean Below the Sahara

A youth wearing a shirt of U.S. President Barack Obama stands in a crowd waiting for food distribution at Mugunga, just west of the eastern Congolese city of Goma, August 24, 2010. (Finbarr O'Reill…

Friedman’s List: What It May Mean Below the Sahara

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Friedman Family Foundation Strategic Innovation Fund

This endowed fund was established in 2017 by Stephen Friedman and the Friedman Family Foundation to serve as a bridge to support scholar-practitioners when they initially join CFR or when they shift to a new area of research.

October 5, 2023

Israel
The October 1973 Yom Kippur War: Fifty Years Later

Fifty years ago, on Yom Kippur, October 6, 1973, Egypt and Syria launched surprise attacks on Israel. The resulting conflict sparked an Arab oil embargo, a superpower confrontation, a global recessio…

Yom Kippur War

October 5, 2023

World Health Organization (WHO)
Negotiating Global Health Security

Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic could revolutionize global health security, but the window for change is closing—quickly. In the latest Council Special Report, Yanzhong Huang and Rebecca Katz outline the urgent reforms that could lead to a safer, healthier world.