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December 15, 2016

United States
The President's Inbox: Cybersecurity

CFR's James M. Lindsay, Robert McMahon, Robert Knake, and Adam Segal examine President-Elect Donald Trump's priorities on cybersecurity.

Podcast A U.S. Air Force airman works under a data wall with screens blanked during a reporter's visit at Petersen Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

September 26, 2011

Defense and Security
F-16s, Taiwan, and America’s Future in Asia

A formation of military fighter jets perform during an Air Force demonstration in Taipei. (Nicky Loh/courtesy Reuters) I noted in last week’s Friday File that the White House had approved a $5 billi…

A formation of military AT-3 fighter jets perform during an airforce demonstration at Songshan airport in Taipei September 2, 2007. REUTERS/Nicky Loh (TAIWAN)

June 9, 2022

United States
TWNW Special: What to Read and Listen to This Summer

In this special episode of The World Next Week, Heather A. Conley, president of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, joins James M. Lindsay and Robert McMahon to discuss the books they reco…

Podcast A woman reads at the Jakarta's Public Library in Jakarta, Indonesia, Oct. 27, 2021.

January 8, 2014

Sub-Saharan Africa
Could Lagos Be a Model for the Developing World?

Seth D. Kaplan, writing in the opinion pages of the January 7 New York Times, observes that by 2015, half the world’s population living on less than $1.25 a day will reside in fragile states. These p…

People sit and trade under a bridge at the Orile-Iganmu district of Lagos August 29, 2013

June 4, 2012

United States
U.S. Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital

In the face of persistently high unemployment, policymakers and workers look to innovation and entrepreneurship to create new jobs. This Backgrounder discusses how entrepreneurs create and finance th…