Symposium

2024 Conference on Diversity in International Affairs

Wednesday and Thursday, May 8–9, 2024
Ruth Simmons at CDIA 2024
Conference on Diversity in International Affairs

The 2024 Conference on Diversity in International Affairs is a collaborative effort by the Council on Foreign Relations, the Global Access Pipeline, and the International Career Advancement Program. For information about the conference in previous years, please click here. 

CDIA 2024

CDIA 2024

Plenary I: Elections in Flux—The State of Democracy in 2024
Keynote Session: A Conversation With Eric Garcetti
Plenary II: Frontline Reports—Perspectives on Global Press Freedoms and the Future of Journalism
Keynote Session: A Conversation With Ruth Simmons

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United States

The U.S. Vice President and Foreign Policy
Modern vice presidents can trace much of their political influence to the broad reforms that Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale made to the second-highest elected office in the late 1970s.

Backgrounder by Jonathan Masters February 8, 2024

China

The Chinese Communist Party
Under the command of Xi Jinping, the Chinese Communist Party faces a host of domestic and international challenges as it aims to bolster China’s great-power status.

Backgrounder by Lindsay Maizland and Eleanor Albert October 6, 2022

Wars and Conflict

Five Movies Worth Watching About Revolts, Rebellions, and Revolutions
Each Friday this summer, we suggest foreign-policy-themed movies worth watching. This week: movies about uprisings.

Blog Post by James M. Lindsay and Margaret Gach July 24, 2020 The Water's Edge

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Election 2024

Election 2024: Does Donald Trump’s Conviction Doom His Chances to Become President Again?
Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: Trump’s conviction on thirty-four felony counts takes the U.S. presidential election into uncharted waters.

Blog Post by James M. Lindsay May 31, 2024 The Water's Edge

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

Does NATO Have a Role in Asia?
The transatlantic alliance has begun to connect its traditional security interests in Europe with the geopolitical dynamics in the Indo-Pacific region, including tensions between China and Taiwan.

Expert Brief by David Sacks May 30, 2024 Asia Program

Mexico

Mexico’s Presidential Election, With Andrés Rozental

Podcast
Andrés Rozental, a distinguished retired Mexican diplomat, president of Rozental & Asociados, and the founding president of the Mexican Council on Foreign Relations, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the dynamics of Mexico’s upcoming election and its consequences for the Mexican people as well as for U.S.-Mexico relations.

Podcast with James M. Lindsay and Andrés Rozental May 28, 2024 The President’s Inbox