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April 27, 2009, New York, NY
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A Council on Foreign Relations media conference call about the current state of the swine flu outbreak.
See more in United States, Global Health, Public Health Threats
April 27, 2009
Audio
Listen to CFR expert Laurie Garrett discuss the threat of a global swine flu pandemic and possible policy responses.
See more in International Organizations, Global Health, Public Health Threats, Society and Culture
April 16, 2009
Interview
President Obama's new strategy for winning the war in Afghanistan has drawn praise from U.S. forces and international allies. But Afghan Defense Minister Gen. Adbul Rahim Wardak tells CFR.org that Washington's renewed commitment falls short of previous U.S. commitments.
See more in Afghanistan, Defense Policy & Budget, Defense Strategy
April 9, 2009
Backgrounder
The U.S. State Department's annual global rating of human rights performance antagonizes friend and foe alike. Many rights activists embrace the reports while some express doubts about their influence on U.S. policy.
See more in United States, Human Rights
March 25, 2009, Washington DC
Transcript
This is a Council on Foreign Relations media call on the upcoming NATO 60th anniversary Summit. The meetings on April 3rd and 4th come right after the Group of 20 summit in London on the global financial crisis and that could suck some of the oxygen from the summitry in Strasburg and Kehl, but at the same time there are existential questions building for the alliance -- in particular, what is its role going to be in Afghanistan?
See more in Europe/Russia, NATO
March 26, 2009
Podcast
CFR Central Asia expert Evan Feigenbaum says the United States has a rare opportunity to explore whether the Shanghai Cooperation Organization can become a serious partner in stabilizing Afghanistan.
See more in Central Asia, Afghanistan, Russian Fed., International Peace and Security
March 16, 2009
Interview
Former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff says a combination of tough enforcement measures and a new system for regulating flows of Mexican labor are essential for reforming the U.S. immigration system.
See more in United States, Immigration
March 10, 2009
News Briefing
Speaking at CFR, U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke urged an overhaul of U.S. financial regulation that might translate to added oversight authority for the Fed.
See more in United States, Financial Crises
February 25, 2009
Interview
CFR economic expert Sebastian Mallaby credits President Obama with highlighting the long-term structural reforms needed to repair the U.S. economy and competitiveness, but says the scope of reforms may be too ambitious.
See more in United States, Financial Crises
February 24, 2009
Backgrounder
Experts say an overhaul of U.S. transportation infrastructure may help spur the economy, improve global competitiveness, and address homeland security needs. But the Obama administration's initial effort falls short of setting a true national transportation agenda.
See more in United States, Economic Development
February 13, 2009
Podcast
A preview of world events in the coming week from CFR.org and the Economist.
February 6, 2009
Podcast
A preview of world events in the coming week from CFR.org and the Economist.
February 6, 2009
Audio
Listen to CFR experts Daniel B. Prieto and Matthew C. Waxman discuss the implications of President Obama’s decision to close the Guantánamo prison camp and reverse the Bush Administration's policies on detention and interrogation.
See more in United States, Defense/Homeland Security, Homeland Security, Intelligence
February 6, 2009
Transcript
This CFR conference call with speakers Daniel B. Prieto and Matthew C. Waxman and presider Robert McMahon discusses the closure of the Guantanamo Bay Prison Camp.
See more in Cuba, Human Rights, International Law
January 30, 2009
Podcast
CFR health expert Laurie Garrett says the start of a new U.S. administration amid a global economic crisis offers an opportunity to reform the system for delivering foreign aid.
See more in United States, Foreign Aid
Updated: January 20, 2009
Daily Analysis
Barack Obama's inauguration as forty-fourth U.S. president occurs at a time of global economic crisis, with multiple conflicts raging in the greater Middle East. Yet he enters office amid high expectations at home and abroad.
See more in United States, Diplomacy, U.S. Election 2008
January 12, 2009
Article
Foreign Service Journal
Robert McMahon writes, "U.S. democracy promotion policy appears to be at a crossroads, with big divisions within both parties over how much of it we should be doing."
See more in Democracy Promotion, U.S. Election 2008
January 9, 2009
Podcast
A preview of world events in the coming week from CFR.org and the Economist.
December 19, 2008
Interview
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice credits sanctions with deepening the isolation of Iran's leaders, defends regime change in Iraq, and says the Bush administration's democracy promotion agenda has changed the discourse in Mideast states.
See more in United States, Democracy Promotion
December 3, 2008
News Briefing
The international community's Mideast envoy, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, says conditions are ripe to boost the Israeli-Palestinian peace process but stresses the need to move swiftly, especially in resolving the dispute over Gaza.
See more in Israel, International Peace and Security
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