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March 23, 2018
The Greenwich High School Band Program will host the Essentially Ellington Regional High School Jazz Festival from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Saturday at ..... president and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, will be interviewed by Lori Esposito Murray from the Council on Foreign Relations in a talkÃâà...
Los Angeles Times
March 23, 2018
... from U.S.-proposed multilateral talks on North Korea's suspected nuclear weapons program after Bolton criticized Kim publicly while visiting South Korea. ... Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, said via Twitter, "A national security advisor must be an honest broker, ensuring theÃâà...
Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
March 23, 2018
Viola Rothschild is a research associate in Asia Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. ... partner in 2009, establishing its first overseas military base in Djibouti in 2017, funding infrastructure projects in numerous countries, and establishing extensive educational and cultural exchange programs.
Business Record
March 23, 2018
Grinnell College plans a new event, “Teaching Diplomacy for the Next Generation,” featuring a rare Midwestern appearance by the Council on Foreign Relations. The event runs 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 13. Keynote speakers will beJames M. Lindsay, CFR's senior vice president, and Daniel Kurtz-Phelan,Ãâà...
The Independent | SUindependent.com
March 22, 2018
For most of a hundred years, no candidate for president obtained office without Council on Foreign Relations, or CFR, approval. ... “The influence of the CFR throughout government is so pervasive that it is difficult to distinguish the CFR from government programs” (“Domestic Sources of Foreign Policy,” p.
Council on Foreign Relations
March 22, 2018
NEW DELHI – After a run of nearly one thousand years, quipped the French philosopher and writer Voltaire, the fading Holy Roman Empire was neither holy nor Roman nor an empire. Today, some two and a half centuries later, the problem, to paraphrase Voltaire, is that the fading liberal world order isÃâà...
Council on Foreign Relations
March 21, 2018
Under his tenure, from 1985 to 2007, the CFR Term Member program—devoted to nurturing the next generation of foreign policy leaders—grew from 222 to nearly five hundred members, the number of women and minority members more than doubled, the Council's analysis and ideas reached a broaderÃâà...
Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
March 20, 2018
The White House has submitted a FY19 budget that aims to drastically slash funding for the National Endowment for Democracy and other democracy promotion programs, cutting funding overall for democracy and rights promotion by 40 percent and seemingly trying to reduce the power of the NationalÃâà...
Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
March 5, 2018
Patrick McEachern is an international affairs fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and public policy fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International ... of North Korea's approach to the South, Pyongyang has focused its security response to Washington over the last quarter century on its nuclear program.
New York Times
March 4, 2018
... Asia expert at the European Council on Foreign Relations. “There have been 10 times as many articles about Daimler than about Xi prolonging his rule.” Berlin and Brussels have been shaken amid concerns that the real intent of Beijing's “One Belt, One Road” program is as much political as economic.
Council on Foreign Relations
March 2, 2018
Previous inter-Korean summits have only been possible in the context of an understanding that North Korea's nuclear program was under control. Former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung traveled to Pyongyang in June 2000 because the U.S.-North Korea Agreed Framework was in place. AnotherÃâà...
Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
February 16, 2018
ICANN decided against making these domains available as part of their generic top level domain program because they are often used to manage private networks. Using .home, .mail, or .corp on a private network and the global internet could have created domain collisions, as computers looking to reachÃâà...
RealClearPolitics
February 16, 2018
And that in answer to questions, it was acknowledged, in answer to a question of FBI Director Wray, that the president has never sought a question, a solution, a program for defense. To my knowledge, there has never been a principals meeting or a deputies committee meeting. Do you think that there willÃâà...
Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
February 15, 2018
There are leaks in the pipeline: globally, women are entering bachelor's and master's degree programs at the same levels as men, but the UNESCO Institute ... In last year's post-program survey, more than 90 percent of the girls said WiSci had improved both their self-confidence and their leadership skills.
Council on Foreign Relations
February 15, 2018
The United States could also refuse to pay PDVSA directly for oil shipped to U.S. refineries and instead set up an account that would only allow the purchase of food and medicines, along the lines of the United Nations' oil-for-food program in Iraq but this time with more stringent oversight. On the financialÃâà...
Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
February 12, 2018
... policies have done little to expand growth prospects beyond Bangkok and the eastern corridor, where the military plans a massive investment program. ... the junta seems to recognize that it must spread growth more widely, and plans to raise the minimum wage and fund new anti-poverty programs.
Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
February 6, 2018
For residential use, U.K. officials believe some six million tons of carbon could be saved if the program could extend across the country. But blending does not necessarily enable major reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in transport applications, unless the “green” hydrogen—that is hydrogenÃâà...
Council on Foreign Relations
December 31, 1999
Before the massive demonstrations against Ahok, Jokowi did not focus on the rising threat of political Islam, instead devoting his energies to programs designed to boost the economy, reduce red tape, and bolster social welfare safety nets. The self-proclaimed Islamic State, too, has focused on recruitingÃâà...
Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
December 31, 1999
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...
