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Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
April 25, 2018
Sexual Violence in India. The abduction, rape, and murder of an eight year-old girl has sent religious and political tensions soaring in India. The girl, a member of a Muslim nomadic tribe, was abducted in January. This month, eight Hindu men were arrested in connection with the case, telling investigatorsÃâà...
Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
April 25, 2018
East Asia (China, Japan, and the NIEs) ran a $600 billion current account surplus in 2017. "Official" (central bank and sovereign fund) outflows accounted for about half of that. Asia's foreign exchange market intervention isn't as overt as it once was, but also hasn't entirely gone away. Blog Post by Brad W.
Council on Foreign Relations
April 24, 2018
Speakers discuss the growing trend toward populism around the world and the current global state of democracy. For further reading, please see the CFR blog The Internationalist by Stewart M. Patrick, the article “Liberal World Order, R.I.P.” by Richard N. Haass, and the Freedom House report “Freedom inÃâà...
Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
April 17, 2018
This article was originally published here on ForeignPolicy.com on Monday, April 9, 2018. President Donald Trump's recent announcement that the United States would be getting out of Syria “very soon” stunned the policy community. Almost immediately, the op-ed pages, Twitter, and talking headsÃâà...
Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
April 17, 2018
Global Gender Pay Gap Widens. According to the World Economic Forum, the global gender pay gap is widening. For the first time, the Forum's annual shows a decrease in gender parity, with women's economic participation representing one of the fastest-growing gaps. Women are not only paid less thanÃâà...
Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
April 17, 2018
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will return to Florida tomorrow to meet with President Donald J. Trump. Much has changed since Abe's first visit in February 2017, just a month into the new Trump administration. The Abe-Trump relationship has blossomed over the president's first year in office, largelyÃâà...
Council on Foreign Relations
April 16, 2018
In the wake of recent air strikes on Syria by the United States and its allies, some lawmakers in Washington and other world capitals are questioning the attacks' legal basis. The Trump administration claims the recent assault was justified, but it has not laid out a rationale based on international law, saysÃâà...
Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
April 16, 2018
The airstrikes conducted by the United States, Britain, and France on Saturday against Syrian military targets were about upholding a nearly century-old prohibition against chemical warfare, not about Syria's seven year-long war that has killed more than half a million people. Indeed, the limited coalitionÃâà...
Council on Foreign Relations
April 14, 2018
Panelists look at America's longest war and examine strategies for how to bring it to an end. This is Session II of The Future of the Middle East symposium. This event is made possible by the generous support of the Hauser Foundation. RUBIN: Good morning. Welcome to this second session of today'sÃâà...
Council on Foreign Relations
April 14, 2018
The U.S. Treasury Department's next foreign exchange report is due on April 15—so it should come out soon, maybe even tonight. More From Our Experts. Brad W. Setser Ãâ÷ When Did the China Shock End? Scott A. Snyder Ãâ÷ Kim Jong-un's Invitation and Donald Trump's Response Ãâ÷ James M. Lindsay.
Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
April 14, 2018
Here is a quick round-up of this week's technology headlines and related stories you may have missed: 1. Mr. Zuckerberg goes to Washington. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg fielded questions during two marathon congressional testimonies over concerns about the company's data handling practices andÃâà...
Council on Foreign Relations
April 14, 2018
Just a reminder to please silence your cellphones. And, with that I'll hand it over to Glenn Kessler, who's going to moderate our first session on “The Iran Fault Line.” Thanks so much. KESSLER: Welcome to the first session of today's Council on Foreign Relations Symposium on the Future of the Middle East.
Council on Foreign Relations
April 14, 2018
President, Council on Foreign Relations. HAASS: So let's start actually with the 800-pound gorilla, which is the big thing, the acquisition of 21st Century Fox. Given what Blair said, given how stunningly well you've done, how well you're doing, why would—what compels you to then take on a whole newÃâà...
Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
April 14, 2018
Over the past three decades, since the end of the Ferdinand Marcos era in the Philippines, the country has often combined corrupt and semi-authoritarian elected politics with strong cultural and institutional checks on elected leaders. One of the most powerful checks has been the Philippines' vibrant mediaÃâà...
Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
April 13, 2018
Monica Wang is an intern with the Asia Studies program at the Council on Foreign Relations and a student at Yale University. Djibouti may be located thousands of miles away from both the United States and China, but it is becoming an increasingly salient focal point in U.S.-China relations. Before he wasÃâà...
Council on Foreign Relations
March 30, 2018
Introduced in the late 1920s with the discovery of penicillin, antibiotics are a class of drugs used to treat bacterial infections. They fall into a larger drug class, antimicrobials, which includes medications to fight microorganisms such as viruses, fungi, and parasites. Antibiotics were mass produced duringÃâà...
Council on Foreign Relations
March 7, 2018
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Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
March 6, 2018
Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week's post, covering February 23 to March 4, was compiled with support from Alexandra Bro and Anne Connell. Blog Post by Rachel Vogelstein. March 5, 2018. Women pass by aÃâà...
European Council on Foreign Relations
March 6, 2018
Government regulation on fake news is unlikely to prevent malicious actors from meddling in our elections or polarising our societies. With many worried about a Russian information offensive in the West, European states are in the process of developing defence mechanisms. Unfortunately, several seem toÃâà...
Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
March 6, 2018
The Suezmax sized oil tanker Karvounis lies at anchor stranded off the coast of Louisiana for lack of a bank letter of credit to discharge its cargo of Venezuelan heavy crude, south of Port Fourchon, Louisiana, U.S. August 17, 2017. (REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman). Blog Post: Blog posts represent the viewsÃâà...
Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
March 6, 2018
Patrick McEachern is an international affairs fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and public policy fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. government or Department of State. North Korea's nuclear and missileÃâà...
European Council on Foreign Relations
March 2, 2018
With elections approaching, the fact that Italy's EU cohesion profile is approaching Britain's is cause for grave concern across Europe. For decades, Italy played a crucial role in building the European Union. For French and German policymakers Europe was a pragmatic means of avoiding conflict throughÃâà...
Council on Foreign Relations
March 2, 2018
South Korea must capitalize on its diplomatic push to bridge the divide between its longtime ally and its combative neighbor. Expert Brief by Scott A. Snyder. March 2, 2018. U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, North Korea's Kim Yong-nam, and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's sister Kim Yo-jong attend the Winter Olympics inÃâà...
Council on Foreign Relations
March 1, 2018
The rise of Islamism in Malaysia and Indonesia could have severe consequences for the two states' societies, political systems, and overall stability. Expert Brief by Joshua Kurlantzick. February 27, 2018. Students pray at an Islamic boarding school in Indonesia. Irsan Mulyadi/Antara Foto via Reuters. Expert Brief: CFRÃâà...
European Council on Foreign Relations
March 1, 2018
Russia's March 2018 election will mark the arrival of the post-Putin era in Russian domestic politics. Following the vote, Vladimir Putin will focus on shaping the new era, in a process he views not as a search for a successor but as a transfer of power from his generation to the “Putin generation” (comprisingÃâà...
Council on Foreign Relations
March 1, 2018
With over 5,000 years of history, modern China must be understood through the lens of its past. In his recent book, Bully of Asia: Why China's Dream is the New Threat to World Order, Steven Mosher argues that from its earliest emperors to President Xi, China has maintained continuity through its distinctiveÃâà...
Mintpress News
March 1, 2018
While the true nature of relations between Moscow and the Trump campaign may never be fully known, one person who agrees with this assessment of a situation reminiscent of the Cold War is the President of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), Richard N. Haass, who cited the Russian annexation ofÃâà...
Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
February 27, 2018
Alex Grigsby is the assistant director of the Digital and Cyberspace Policy program at the Council on Foreign Relations. Earlier this month, French Digital Economy Minister Mounir Mahjoubi released a strategic review of France's approach to cybersecurity. The review is a wholesale reassessment of theÃâà...
European Council on Foreign Relations
February 21, 2018
As Italy approaches elections on March 4, with no certainty on the outcome, the political campaigns are largely focussed on migration, rather than on the practical problems facing Italians on a daily basis. Immigration is now the biggest issue for 36% of Italians (up from just 3% in 2012) despite the fact thatÃâà...
Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
February 20, 2018
The U.S.-Indonesia relationship has often disappointed. It's time to rethink U.S.-Indonesia ties and try to achieve real security goals, rather than make bold plans for cooperation that never come to fruition. Blog Post by Joshua Kurlantzick. February 20, 2018. U.S. Vice President Mike Pence shakes hands with Indonesia'sÃâà...
RealClearPolitics
February 16, 2018
Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-CA) discusses the national security implications of Russia's alleged election interference with Andrea Mitchell at an event hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations. Full transcript, via CFR: MITCHELL: Well, welcome, everyone. Thank you all so much for turning out. I know you'reÃâà...
Council on Foreign Relations
February 15, 2018
The Council on Foreign Relations acknowledges the Rockefeller Brothers Fund for its generous support of the Contingency Planning Roundtables and Memoranda. Introduction The Contingencies Warning Indicators Implications for U.S. Interests Preventive Options Mitigating Options RecommendationsÃâà...
Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
February 12, 2018
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Council on Foreign Relations
February 1, 2018
The would-be independent state strikes a contrast with Somalia as a place of relative peace and democratic stability, but international recognition has remained out of reach. Backgrounder by Claire Felter. February 1, 2018. A girl participates in a street parade in Hargeisa to celebrate Somaliland's self-declaredÃâà...
Council on Foreign Relations
December 31, 1999
Thank you very much to the Council on Foreign Relations for convening this session. So, in the past 10 years the cost of solar power has declined by at least 85 percent, and the cost of wind power has declined by roughly half in the same period. In India last year the power minister, Piyush Goyal, said thatÃâà...
Council on Foreign Relations
December 31, 1999
The departure of Raul Castro this month as president of Cuba will mark the first time in sixty years that the country will not be ruled by someone with the surname Castro. While Raul carried out some incremental reforms, the legacy of Raul and his brother Fidel is one of a long-repressed, economicallyÃâà...
Council on Foreign Relations
December 31, 1999
NEW YORK – “A perfectly executed strike…Could not have had a better result. Mission Accomplished.” So tweeted US President Donald Trump just hours after more than a hundred American, French, and British cruise missiles hit three sites in Syria believed to be associated with chemical weaponsÃâà...
Mehr News Agency
December 31, 1999
Full video of FM Zarif addressing Council on Foreign Relations ... Apr. 24 (MNA) – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif discusses US-Iran relations, regional politics in the Middle East, and the future of the Iran nuclear deal while addressing the Council on Foreign Relations on Monday in New York.
European Council on Foreign Relations
December 31, 1999
It remains hard to see how this US administration will produce a wider strategy for Syria that both allows for meaningful impact and limits escalation. Last week's chemical weapons attack has again thrust the brutality of the Syrian conflict onto the global spotlight. Assad's use of lower-level chemical weaponsÃâà...
Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
December 31, 1999
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