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Half a century later, Egypt regards its brief war with Israel as an important military milestone that initially bolstered its leaders. But in recent years, Egypt has weakened under repressive, ineffective rule.
Russia
President Vladimir Putin appears to have firm control of Russia today, but in order to maintain it in the years ahead, he will have to manage at least three primary challenges.
The short-lived Wagner Group revolt highlighted for Europeans the fragility of Vladimir Putin’s regime and their own vulnerability to an unstable Russia.
Supply Chains
Low water levels have led to a traffic jam at one of the world’s busiest maritime passages. The bottleneck demonstrates how accelerating climate change is threatening global supply chains.
Counterterrorism
Immigration and terrorism are indeed linked, but the issue is far more complex than some commentators suggest.
President Joe Biden’s attempts to grapple with a record number of migrants are keeping the role of border enforcement at the center of the U.S. immigration debate.
United Nations
Ian Johnson, the Stephen A. Schwarzman senior fellow for China studies at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how Chinese filmmakers, journalists, and artists are challenging the Chinese Communist Party’s version of history.
The ebb and flow of these former Chinese rising political stars’ careers provides insights into the intricacies of Chinese elite politics (and the fate of Qin Gang).
Climate Change
For decades, U.S. homeowners have counted on property insurance to protect them from catastrophic loss if their homes are destroyed—and the U.S. economy has rested on the functionality of that model. But as this summer’s extreme weather broke records, private companies reduced their coverage. As climate disasters become more frequent, can home insurance hold up?
Accelerating risks and damage from climate change are spurring private insurers in the United States to limit coverage in a growing number of areas, thus imposing mounting stress on local communities and straining the country’s overall economic health.
Events
Panelists assess the current state of human rights in the Middle East, along with the impact of U.S foreign policy on human rights, regional partnerships, and geopolitical dynamics.
Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Technology and foreign policy experts discuss the paradoxical nature of artificial intelligence’s extraordinary growth opportunities and its significant potential for disruption and risk, as well as the necessity of establishing new governance mechanisms to both control and harness this potentially defining technology.
Ian Johnson discusses his new book, Sparks: China’s Underground Historians and Their Battle for the Future, which describes how some of China’s best-known writers, filmmakers, and artists have overcome crackdowns and censorship to forge a nationwide movement that challenges the Communist Party on its most hallowed ground: its control of history.
Expert Spotlight
Alice C. Hill
David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment
Brad W. Setser
Whitney Shepardson Senior Fellow
Matthew C. Waxman
Adjunct Senior Fellow for Law and Foreign Policy
Ebenezer Obadare
Douglas Dillon Senior Fellow for Africa Studies
Bruce Hoffman
Shelby Cullom and Kathryn W. Davis Senior Fellow for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security
Stephen Biddle
Adjunct Senior Fellow for Defense Policy
Henri J. Barkey
Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies
Jennifer Hillman
Senior Fellow for Trade and International Political Economy
Scott A. Snyder
Senior Fellow for Korea Studies and Director of the Program on U.S.-Korea Policy
Gideon Rose
Mary and David Boies Distinguished Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy
Wars and Conflict Middle East and North Africa Southeast Asia
Matthias Matthijs
Senior Fellow for Europe
Europe European Union NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Kenneth S. Rogoff
Senior Fellow for Economics
Richard Haass
President Emeritus, Council on Foreign Relations
Sheila A. Smith
John E. Merow Senior Fellow for Asia-Pacific Studies
David P. Fidler
Senior Fellow for Global Health and Cybersecurity
Roger W. Ferguson Jr.
Steven A. Tananbaum Distinguished Fellow for International Economics
Paul B. Stares
General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director of the Center for Preventive Action
Thomas J. Bollyky
Senior Fellow for Global Health, Economics, and Development and Director of the Global Health Program
Martin S. Indyk
Lowy Distinguished Fellow in U.S.-Middle East Diplomacy
James M. Lindsay
Senior Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair
United States Politics and Government Polls and Public Opinion
Esther Brimmer
James H. Binger Senior Fellow in Global Governance
Robert D. Blackwill
Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy
Robert E. Rubin
Chairman Emeritus; Former Secretary of the U.S. Treasury
Jennifer Nuzzo
Senior Fellow for Global Health
Health Public Health Threats and Pandemics Health Policy and Initiatives
Zongyuan Zoe Liu
Maurice R. Greenberg Fellow for China Studies
Steven A. Cook
Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies and Director of the International Affairs Fellowship for Tenured International Relations Scholars
Explainers
Abortion Law: Global Comparisons
Mexico recently decriminalized abortion, continuing a global trend of expanding permissions for the procedure. See how countries worldwide approach the issue.
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