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February 11, 2021

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
NATO Defense Ministers Convene, UN Security Council Talks Yemen, and More

Defense ministers of NATO countries meet virtually to discuss withdrawing from Afghanistan; the UN Security Council debates the war in Yemen following the Biden administration’s policy shift; and spa…

Podcast A Yemeni man inspects a house that was destroyed in an airstrike carried out during the war by the Saudi-led coalition's warplanes, on February 05, 2021 in Sana'a, Yemen.

May 9, 2024

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Israel’s Rafah Plans, Greece and Turkey Boost Diplomacy, Cannes Festival Unveils New Films, and More

Israel’s newest military operation in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah stirs concerns of catastrophe for Palestinians in Gaza, and prompts the United States to condition its offensive military a…

Podcast An Israeli tank maneuvers, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, near the Israel-Gaza Border, in southern Israel.

January 24, 2019

Syria
UN Security Council Debates Syria, U.S.-China Trade Talks, and More

The UN Security Council debates the humanitarian crisis in Syria, U.S.-China trade talks continue in Washington, and the United States and South Korea work to renew a military cost-sharing deal.

Podcast Residents return to their villages after Kurdish fighters retake territory from the Islamic State in Ras al-Ain, May 13, 2015.

April 23, 2020

Public Health Threats and Pandemics
Governors Face Public Pressure, UN Security Council Talks Syria, and More

Governors face pressure to reopen America, the UN Security Council discusses conditions in Syria, and the Islamic holy month of Ramadan begins.

Podcast Health care workers stand in the street in counter-protest to hundreds of people who gathered at the State Capitol to demand the stay-at-home order be lifted in Denver, Colorado.

March 12, 2024

Immigration and Migration
The Crisis at the U.S. Southern Border, With Dara Lind

Dara Lind, a senior fellow at the American Immigration Council, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the record surge in migrants and asylum seekers crossing the U.S. southern border.

Podcast Asylum-seeking migrants walk toward a makeshift camp to await processing by the U.S. Border Patrol after entering the United States on December 1, 2023, in Jacumba Hot Springs, California.

March 28, 2024

Russia
Biden and Netanyahu at Odds, Putin Responds to ISIS-K Attack, Cuba Food and Electricity Shortages, and More

The fallout after the UN Security Council adopted a resolution for an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip ​​and release of all hostages further reveals a growing strain between the United States a…

Podcast Flowers are seen left by the burnt-out Crocus City Hall concert venue in Krasnogorsk, outside Moscow, on March 25, 2024.

October 19, 2023

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Eyes on Gaza, Argentina’s Presidential Vote, Putin Seeks Friends, and More

As the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip continues, diplomacy ramps up in the Middle East amid concerns of spreading tensions; Argentina holds an election while its economy suffers record inflati…

Podcast Aid convoy trucks wait at the Rafah border crossing for clearance to enter Gaza on October 19, 2023 in North Sinai, Egypt.

September 13, 2023

Inequality
Who Runs the World?... Not Women

Female representation in politics leads to numerous benefits, but the vast majority of the world’s most powerful politicians are men. Using the Council on Foreign Relations’ Women’s Power Index tool …

Podcast Female legislator raises hand to participate while holding child.