This session was part of the Maternal Health in Afghanistan and Pakistan roundtable series.

Even if a U.S. assessment of North Korea's food situation echoes a UN report earlier this year that warned of shortages, debate rages about whether new food aid should be provided to a recalcitrant Pyongyang.

In a print feature, The Economist argues that AIDS is in a position to be squelched by new advances in scientific research and political activism.

This roundtable, part of the ExxonMobil Women and Development Series, looked at successful and sustainable agricultural innovations used to enhance productivity and women's income-generating abilities in the developing world.

This session was part of the Maternal Health in Afghanistan and Pakistan roundtable series.

Adam Segal says that regardless of the source of recent cyber attacks on U.S. firms, the United States must work independently and cooperatively with China to reduce their threat.

James Surowiecki writes on the federal budget deficit and healthcare costs.

The United States should see family planning as a foreign policy priority that leads to healthier and more prosperous societies, and should increase funding, resources and support for those countries with the highest unmet need, argues CFR's Isobel Coleman.

NASA's human spaceflight ventures may be fading away due to continued underfunding, despite perennial efforts by some members of Congress and the science community, reports Keith Perine.

Panelists compare and contrast the linkages between law enforcement and intelligence in the United States and the United Kingdom and discuss how violent extremism has changed the business of intelligence.

This session was part of the symposium, UK and U.S. Approaches in Countering Radicalization: Intelligence, Communities, and the Internet, which was cosponsored with Georgetown University's Center for Peace and Security Studies and King's College London's International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation. This event was made possible by Georgetown University's George T. Kalaris Intelligence Studies Fund and the generous support of longtime CFR member Rita E. Hauser. Additionally, this event was organized in cooperation with the CFR's Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative.

Laurie Garrett says the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has "launched a tsunami of panic that has spread further worldwide than the real tsunami that devastated much of Japan on March 11."

Yanzhong Huang says China's engagement in international health and development assistance demonstrates that it is far more generous than its critics suggest, but China can do its part to dispel misunderstandings.

J.M. Ledgard explains how access to internet and technology is rapidly changing Africa.

Contrary to popular belief, Mark Bittman argues that sustainable agriculture may be what's best for the world.

John Palfrey argues that social media sites have played a huge role in the prodemocracy surge—but states have also been very good at using technology to suppress their people.

CFR's Senior Fellow for Global Health, Laurie Garrett, discusses the implications of rising food prices on global health.

Four experts weigh in on whether the 2010 healthcare reform law helps U.S. business competitiveness globally.

Gideon Rachman, chief foreign affairs commentator at Financial Times, and Joseph S. Nye Jr., university distinguished service professor at Harvard Kennedy School, discuss new variables that are changing America’s foreign policy strategies including the diffusion of power as technology empowers nonstate and nongovernmental actors, as well as the power transition from West to East.

Hugh Miles explains, "the inside story of Egypt's TV wars and how Saudi Arabia could be next."