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February 29, 2024

United States
Biden Addresses SOTU, Iran Holds Elections, Bosnia’s Pipeline Feud, and More

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers his last State of the Union address before elections to a polarized Congress; Iran holds its first parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections since the 2022 pro…

Podcast A view of a billboard with candidate propaganda pictures, placards on it as a people walk past in a street of the Iranian capital Tehran on February 28, 2024. Legislative elections are scheduled to take place in the country on 1 March 2024.
Podcast by Robert McMahon and Carla Anne Robbins The World Next Week

July 23, 2014

Sub-Saharan Africa
Alex Perry on Nigeria’s Boko Haram

With its violence, its ritualized executions, its mixture of the utterly archaic with AK-47s and YouTube videos, its behavior modeling based on a nineteenth century interpretation of an obscure medie…

The Hunt for Boko Haram: Investigating the Terror Tearing Nigeria Apart, by Alex Perry
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

October 12, 2007

United Kingdom
A Conversation with The Rt Hon Alex Salmond
Event by Alex The Rt Hon Salmond and Bart Friedman

April 10, 2023

Iran
Young Professionals Briefing: After the Protests: Human Rights in Iran

Panelists discuss the implications of the recent human rights protests in Iran for the nation’s domestic political regime, U.S.-Iran relations, and the wider Middle East geopolitical landscape. Th…

Play woman in front of flag at protest against iranian government
Virtual Event by Nazanin Boniadi, Suzanne Kianpour, Alex Vatanka, and Henry Rome

April 11, 2024

Middle East and North Africa
Virtual Media Briefing: Addressing the Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza

CFR experts Steven A. Cook and David J. Scheffer join Amnesty International’s Agnes Callamard and Refugee International’s Jeremy Konyndyk to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

Play Children walk as Palestinians visit the graves of people who were killed in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.
Virtual Event by Agnès Callamard, Steven A. Cook, Jeremy Konyndyk, David J. Scheffer, and Kate Brannen Media Briefings

March 18, 2024

Japan
The Japanese Bid for Foreign Bonds After the End of Yield Curve Control

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is widely expected to end yield curve control. But Japanese yields will remain low, and foreign bonds will remain attractive to those Japanese investors who don’t have to hedg…

The Japanese Bid for Foreign Bonds After the End of Yield Curve Control
Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

April 9, 2024

Defense and Security
Series on Emerging Technology, U.S. Foreign Policy, and World Order: Frontline Innovations—Defense Solutions for National Security Challenges

Panelists discuss new and emerging commercial defense technology, current opportunities and challenges in defense innovation, and the future landscape of national security. For those attending vir…

Play Two F-22 Raptor fighter jets of the 95th Fighter Squadron and an A-10 Thunderbolt (R) from Whiteman air force base, Missouri, approach the refueling nozzle of a KC-135 Stratotanker
Virtual Event by Douglas A. Beck, Steve Bowsher, and Linda S. Lourie