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President Trump sent U.S. troops to the border with Mexico to supplement the work of authorities there. President Biden pledges a new approach as pressures mount along the boundary.
The relationship between Washington and Bogota has at times been strained by U.S. intervention, Cold War geopolitics, and the war on drugs.
President Duque discusses Colombia’s domestic political and economic outlook, including the response to recent civilian protests, and the future of Colombia-U.S. relations.
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Colin Powell’s extraordinary career as a soldier-statesman provides a model for how to live one’s life in the public arena at a time few such models can be found.
Climate Change
This CFR Home and Abroad Public Forum discusses current and projected climate change, options for reducing emissions, and policies to help communities adapt to a changing climate. This event is part of CFR’s Home and Abroad series, which explores issues at the nexus of U.S. domestic and foreign policy that affect America’s role in the world.
North Korea
U.S and South Korean polling on North Korea show strong support for denuclearization negotiations and summitry. How will growing consensus in public opinion impact U.S.-South Korea policy coordination toward North Korea?
South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong discusses the peace process on the Korean peninsula, South Korea’s role in the Asia-Pacific and on the global front, and the ROK-U.S. comprehensive partnership.
Global Governance
Miles Kahler, senior fellow for global governance at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the recent Pandora Papers leak, and the broader problem of global corruption.
A group of more than one hundred countries has agreed to a historic rewrite of global tax rules. Here’s what to know.
India
The partnership India has forged with the United States, Australia, and Japan appears to be gaining momentum, but some challenges remain.
The Quad, composed of the United States, Australia, India, and Japan, is not a formal alliance. Still, the group has intensified its security and economic ties as tensions with China rise.
South Asia will be both the venue for and the source of intensifying U.S.-China and China-India rivalries. The United States should prepare to manage these rivalries by collaborating with allies and partners, competing with rivals to protect U.S. interests, and grappling with the risk of conflict.
Events
Panelists discuss the ongoing challenges in the post-Brexit process, the prospects that Northern Ireland and Scotland could leave the United Kingdom via referendums, and the possible implications for U.S. foreign policy in the United Kingdom and Europe.
This CFR Home and Abroad Public Forum discusses current and projected climate change, options for reducing emissions, and policies to help communities adapt to a changing climate. This event is part of CFR’s Home and Abroad series, which explores issues at the nexus of U.S. domestic and foreign policy that affect America’s role in the world.
Panelists discuss the risk of an armed conflict between the United States and China over Taiwan and how the United States should adapt its defense strategy to meet the China challenge.
Expert Spotlight
Sebastian Mallaby
Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
Adjunct Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy
Reuben E. Brigety II
Adjunct Senior Fellow for African Peace and Security Issues
Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Organizations Diplomacy and International Institutions
Paul B. Stares
General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director of the Center for Preventive Action
Benn Steil
Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics
Shannon K. O'Neil
Vice President, Deputy Director of Studies, and Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies
James M. Lindsay
Senior Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair
United States Politics and Government Polls and Public Opinion
Alice C. Hill
David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment
Sheila A. Smith
John E. Merow Senior Fellow for Asia Pacific Studies
Stewart M. Patrick
James H. Binger Senior Fellow in Global Governance and Director of the International Institutions and Global Governance Program
Global Governance Diplomacy and International Institutions International Organizations
Stephen Sestanovich
George F. Kennan Senior Fellow for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Matthew C. Waxman
Adjunct Senior Fellow for Law and Foreign Policy
Farah Pandith
Adjunct Senior Fellow
Radicalization and Extremism Terrorism and Counterterrorism U.S. Foreign Policy
Brent McIntosh
Adjunct Senior Fellow for International Economics and Finance
Ray Takeyh
Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies
David P. Fidler
Senior Fellow for Global Health and Cybersecurity
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
John B. Bellinger III
Adjunct Senior Fellow for International and National Security Law
Robert D. Blackwill
Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy
Scott A. Snyder
Senior Fellow for Korea Studies and Director of the Program on U.S.-Korea Policy
Caroline Bettinger-Lopez
Adjunct Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy (ON LEAVE)
Robert E. Rubin
Chairman Emeritus; Former Secretary of the U.S. Treasury
Henri J. Barkey
Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies
Stephen Biddle
Adjunct Senior Fellow for Defense Policy
Jendayi E. Frazer
Adjunct Senior Fellow for Africa Studies
Sub-Saharan Africa U.S. Foreign Policy Politics and Government
Jennifer Hillman
Senior Fellow for Trade and International Political Economy
Adam Segal
Ira A. Lipman Chair in Emerging Technologies and National Security and Director of the Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program
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This was an extraordinary year for the Council. Established in the wake of a global pandemic of influenza, CFR experienced its centennial year amid another—COVID-19. Although the celebrations this year could not be in person, CFR marked the occasion with a special website, a new CFR store, dedicated programming, and a short history book.
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