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The challenge to Russia’s military and leadership from the mercenary Wagner Group marks a setback to President Vladimir Putin’s stature and possibly the Ukraine war effort.
Defense and Security
The different responses to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Iraq’s of Kuwait three decades ago reveal growing international fragmentation and disorder.
The Good Friday Agreement offers lessons for trying to end the war between Ukraine and Russia.
Iran Nuclear Agreement
Diplomacy to revive this arms control agreement has faced multiple stumbling blocks, including Iran’s nuclear advances and geopolitics related to the war in Ukraine.
Onetime allies, the United States and Iran have seen tensions escalate repeatedly in the four decades since the Islamic Revolution.
U.S.-India Relations
The Joe Biden administration should take the opportunity to strengthen economic ties and push for good governance in India.
The U.S.-India strategic partnership is on a trajectory few would have expected at the beginning of the 2000s, with cooperation expanding across sectors and many trust-building measures in place. However, the two countries are not on the same page on all strategic priorities.
Nigeria
Nigeria should seize the opportunity to raise its diplomatic game and lead the continent from the front.
As the Kremlin-linked Wagner Group expands its Africa footprint, questions remain about what “neutrality” really looks like for African governments.
Taiwan
Although a conflict in the Taiwan Strait has thus far been avoided, deterrence has dangerously eroded. To maintain peace, the United States must restore balance to a situation that has been allowed to tilt far too much in China’s favor.
Taiwan’s fate will have major implications for U.S. security and prosperity. It will also bear on fundamental questions of international order and the future of democracy.
Susan M. Gordon, former principal deputy director of National Intelligence, and Admiral Michael G. Mullen, former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, sit down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the nature and extent of U.S. support for Taiwan in the face of growing Chinese power.
Events
The Taiwan Strait has reemerged as a major geopolitical flashpoint, one that could bring the United States and China, two nuclear-armed powers and the world’s two largest economies, into a direct military confrontation. The CFR-sponsored Independent Task Force analyzes political, military, and economic dynamics in the Taiwan Strait and proposes policy recommendations for the United States to deter an increasingly assertive and capable China.
Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan discusses Singapore-U.S. relations, the future of ASEAN and its geopolitical and economic significance, international trade and economic trends, the role of small states in the rules-based international order, and U.S.-China relations.
The World Economic Update highlights the quarter’s most important and emerging trends. Discussions cover changes in the global marketplace with special emphasis on current economic events and their implications for U.S. policy.
This series is presented by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and is dedicated to the life and work of the distinguished economist Martin Feldstein.
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Scott A. Snyder
Senior Fellow for Korea Studies and Director of the Program on U.S.-Korea Policy
Inu Manak
Fellow for Trade Policy
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Ray Takeyh
Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies
Stephen Biddle
Adjunct Senior Fellow for Defense Policy
Zongyuan Zoe Liu
Fellow for International Political Economy
Linda Robinson
Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy
Max Boot
Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies
Henri J. Barkey
Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies
Ann Norris
Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy
James M. Lindsay
Senior Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair
United States Politics and Government Polls and Public Opinion
Robert D. Blackwill
Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy
Roger W. Ferguson Jr.
Steven A. Tananbaum Distinguished Fellow for International Economics
Esther Brimmer
James H. Binger Senior Fellow in Global Governance
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Gideon Rose
Mary and David Boies Distinguished Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy
Wars and Conflict Middle East and North Africa Southeast Asia
Bruce Hoffman
Shelby Cullom and Kathryn W. Davis Senior Fellow for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security
Terrorism and Counterterrorism Wars and Conflict Intelligence
Thomas J. Bollyky
Senior Fellow for Global Health, Economics, and Development and Director of the Global Health Program
Jennifer Hillman
Senior Fellow for Trade and International Political Economy
Ebenezer Obadare
Douglas Dillon Senior Fellow for Africa Studies
Sebastian Mallaby
Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics
Matthew C. Waxman
Adjunct Senior Fellow for Law and Foreign Policy
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
Robert E. Rubin
Chairman Emeritus; Former Secretary of the U.S. Treasury
Martin S. Indyk
Lowy Distinguished Fellow in U.S.-Middle East Diplomacy
Shannon K. O'Neil
Vice President, Deputy Director of Studies, and Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies
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Global Climate Agreements
International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.
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