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As officials move away from the zero-COVID policy, questions have arisen about what role the protests played and what to expect of future dissent in China.
Environment
At this month’s UN biodiversity conference, countries could agree to protect 30 percent of the planet’s land and water by 2030. See what would be saved if they succeed.
The Amazon rainforest absorbs more greenhouse gases than any other tropical forest. But in Brazil, deforestation has claimed nearly a fifth of its tree cover, which threatens biodiversity and contributes to climate change.
Trade
Europeans consider vast U.S. subsidies for cars, clean energy, and semiconductors a danger to their economies.
It probably won’t, and that would be a mistake.
The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and the rise of China have prompted renewed debate about the U.S. government’s role in shaping the economy.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom’s highest court dealt a blow to the push for a new referendum on Scottish independence. What comes next?
Sub-Saharan Africa
African aspirations, not African leaders, should be the focus of the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit.
High level visits should signal commitment, not just competition.
U.S. trade with sub-Saharan Africa has declined in recent years, prompting analysts to question the effectiveness of a preferential trade program for the region.
China
Sebastian Mallaby, the Paul A. Volcker senior fellow for international economics at the Council and a columnist at the Washington Post, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the likely consequences of the recent U.S. ban on the export of advanced semiconductor chips and technology to China.
Trade between the world’s two biggest economies has ballooned in recent decades, bringing significant benefits but also frictions over China’s state-led development and calls to rethink the relationship.
New U.S. sanctions are in some ways more restrictive than Cold-War era controls.
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Several regions across the world are experiencing their worst droughts in decades, if not centuries. Crops are failing, exacerbating the global food crisis, and rivers that serve as vital shipping arteries are becoming dangerously low, threatening the global trade system. Panelists discuss the scope of the challenge and what companies and governments can do to adapt.To join the meeting, please click this link. Passcode: 322474Webinar ID: 827 4599 5691
Panelists discuss the cost of China’s zero-COVID policy, the country’s dwindling economic growth, and the consequences of China’s economic slowdown at home and on its international economic relations.
Panelists discuss the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela, following the release of Mandela: The Lost Tapes, which features never-before-heard audio from interviews with Mandela for Long Walk to Freedom.
The Darryl G. Behrman Lecture on Africa Policy is held in memory of Darryl G. Behrman, who was originally from South Africa and had an abiding passion for Africa and international peace. The annual lecture is funded by members of the Behrman family.
Ahead of the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, President Hichilema discusses Zambia-U.S. relations, security concerns in sub-Saharan Africa, and Zambia’s role in the region.
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John B. Bellinger III
Adjunct Senior Fellow for International and National Security Law
Richard K. Betts
Adjunct Senior Fellow for National Security Studies
Alice C. Hill
David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment
Martin S. Indyk
Lowy Distinguished Fellow in U.S.-Middle East Diplomacy
Paul B. Stares
General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director of the Center for Preventive Action
Adam Segal
Ira A. Lipman Chair in Emerging Technologies and National Security and Director of the Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program
Ebenezer Obadare
Douglas Dillon Senior Fellow for Africa Studies
Henri J. Barkey
Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies
Brad W. Setser
Whitney Shepardson Senior Fellow
Catherine Powell
Adjunct Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy
Stephen Sestanovich
George F. Kennan Senior Fellow for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Sheila A. Smith
John E. Merow Senior Fellow for Asia-Pacific Studies
Robert D. Blackwill
Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy
Gideon Rose
Mary and David Boies Distinguished Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy
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Sebastian Mallaby
Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics
Christopher M. Tuttle
Senior Fellow and Director of the Renewing America Initiative
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Jennifer Hillman
Senior Fellow for Trade and International Political Economy
James M. Lindsay
Senior Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair
United States Politics and Government Polls and Public Opinion
Bruce Hoffman
Shelby Cullom and Kathryn W. Davis Senior Fellow for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security
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Laura Taylor-Kale
Fellow for Innovation and Economic Competitiveness
Robert E. Rubin
Chairman Emeritus; Former Secretary of the U.S. Treasury
Scott A. Snyder
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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
Ann Norris
Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy
Stephen Biddle
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Climate change is creating many pathways for zoonotic diseases to reach people. Four cases show how the climate crisis is altering disease threats and how the world can respond.
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Shannon K. O’Neil offers a powerful case for why regionalization, not globalization, has been the biggest economic trend of the last forty years.
To stave off climate-induced instability in Central America, national governments and regional and international organizations all have a role to play to develop both immediate crisis response and long-term instability mitigation, argues Paul J. Angelo.
Yascha Mounk offers a brilliant big-picture vision of the greatest challenge of modern time—how to bridge the bitter divides within diverse democracies enough for them to remain stable and functional.