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September 19, 2023

United States
Biden at the UN: Inclusive Internationalism

Amid renewed calls for changes in the world order, U.S. President Joe Biden sought to stress his support for greater inclusion of developing nations in addressing economic, social, and climate concer…

In Brief by Esther Brimmer International Institutions and Global Governance Program

July 22, 2019

Development
Why Investing in Women Matters: Mainstreaming Women’s Economic Empowerment in the World’s Poorest Countries

Voices from the Field features contributions from scholars and practitioners highlighting new research, thinking, and approaches to development challenges. This post is authored by Esther Pan Sloane,…

Fofanan Man, a 59-year-old businesswoman, poses for a photograph in front of textiles in her shop in Bouake, Ivory Coast.
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Women Around the World Women Around the World

March 29, 2023

Arctic
What’s Cracking in the Arctic?

As rising global temperatures thaw the ice at the North Pole of the planet, competition between nuclear-powered states threatens to heat up the Arctic Circle even further. An increasingly minable Arc…

Podcast Red icebreaker sails through Arctic ice sheets.
Podcast by Gabrielle Sierra, Esther Brimmer, and Jeff Randall Why It Matters

January 31, 2024

China
Academic Webinar: China-Russia Relations

Thomas Graham, distinguished fellow at CFR, and Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Maurice R. Greenberg fellow for China studies at CFR, lead the conversation on China-Russia relations. FASKIANOS: Welcome to today…

Play Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping shaking hands.
Virtual Event by Thomas Graham, Zongyuan Zoe Liu, and Irina A. Faskianos Asia Program

April 7, 2022

Diplomacy and International Institutions
A Conversation With U.S. Senator Ben Cardin

U.S. Senator Ben Cardin discusses national security concerns, including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the relationship between Russia and China, climate diplomacy, and global human rights abuses and …

Play WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 23: Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) speaks during a hearing with the Helsinki Commission in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on March 23, 2022 in Washington, DC. The Commission on security and cooperation in Europe, which includes members from both the House of Representatives and the Senate met to discuss issues relating to Russian imperialism in Ukraine and beyond.
Virtual Event by Ben Cardin and Farah Stockman

June 1, 2006

Afghanistan
NATO’s Afghan Expansion

As NATO prepares to expand its mission into the restive southern provinces of Afghanistan, Lt. Gen. David Barno, the former commander of U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan, speaks to CFR.org’s …

Interview by David Barno and Esther Pan