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February 10, 2012
Defense and Security
Friday File: Xi Jinping Visits President Obama at the White House
Above the Fold. The hot topic in Washington this weekend—assuming that the rumor of Kim Jong Un’s assassination is just that—is the upcoming Valentine’s Day meeting between President Obama and Xi Jin…
May 17, 2024
Election 2024
Election 2024: Biden Raises Tariffs on China
Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: President Joe Biden imposed new tariffs on Chinese imports, raising tensions with Beijing and slowi…
April 24, 2024
Cuba
U.S.-Cuba Relations
Cuba has long been a major foreign policy challenge for the United States. President Biden is the latest U.S. leader to grapple with how to balance democracy promotion with the desire for a better bi…
May 22, 2024
Wars and Conflict
Climate Vulnerability and Conflict: A Conversation With John Podesta and David Miliband
In a conversation with David Miliband, Senior Advisor to the President for International Climate Policy John Podesta discusses the relationship between climate vulnerability and conflict zones. In th…
June 14, 2024
Election 2024
Election 2024: Will Washington Address Its Debt and Deficit Problem?
Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: The United States may come to rue its failure to get its fiscal house in order.
June 4, 2024
United States
Seeking Protection: How the U.S. Asylum Process Works
Record numbers of migrants seeking to cross the southern U.S. border are challenging the Joe Biden administration’s attempts to restore asylum protections. Here’s how the asylum process works.
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…
September 23, 2002
United States
Gene Sperling, Former White House Chief Economic Adviser, Joins the Council to Advance Universal Education
Contact: Lisa Shields, Director of Communications, 212-434-9888 NEW YORK, September 20, 2002 – Gene Sperling, President Clinton’s national economic adviser and former director of the…
June 11, 2024
United Nations
Sorensen Distinguished Lecture: A Conversation With Cindy McCain
Cindy McCain shares her vision to combat hunger and malnutrition around the world. The World Food Programme (WFP) works in the most challenging contexts around the world, reaching more than 150 milli…
