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The Trump administration leaves a legacy of confusion over cybersecurity issues with few positives.
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What Are Biden’s Actual Prospects for Reviving Transatlantic Relations?Washington will need to work toward a more equal strategic partnership with Europe, rather than continue to assume U.S. leadership.
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How Dangerous Are New COVID-19 Strains?The global distribution of COVID-19 vaccines is underway, but the emergence of new coronavirus strains threatens to make the pandemic far worse before it gets better.
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Ten World Figures Who Died in 2020I wrote yesterday about ten Americans who died in 2020 who shaped U.S. foreign policy during their lifetimes. But Americans are not the only ones who influence world affairs. Below are ten world figu…
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What’s in the EU-UK Brexit Deal?The European Union and the United Kingdom came to a last-minute trade deal on Christmas Eve, narrowly averting the hardest of all potential Brexits. But major uncertainty remains.
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Ten Elections to Watch in 2021Millions of people around the world voted in 2020. Taiwanese voters reelected Tsai Ing-wen as president. Burmese voters returned Aung San Suu Kyi’s party to power. Guineans protested before and after…
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The Final Days of Brexit NegotiationsPanelists discuss the latest developments in Brexit negotiations, including the main points of contention among the parties, prospect of a deal before December 31, and implications for the private sector.
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The SolarWinds Compromise and the Strategic Challenge of the Information and Communications Technology Supply ChainPossibly the most significant cyber breach targeting the U.S. government in years, the compromise of SolarWinds highlights the need for a risk-based approach to supply chain security and resilience.
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Week in Review: December 18, 2020Big tech's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week; Russia’s SolarWinds hack compromises thousands of customers; Facebook calls out France and Russia for misinformation operations in Africa; Germany refuses to exclude Huawei; and European Union introduces cybersecurity strategy.
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Part Three: Huawei’s Role in the China-Russia Technological PartnershipWhile Huawei clearly benefits from the China-Russia science and technology partnership, it also helps facilitate it.
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What Would a No-Deal Brexit Look Like?The United Kingdom and the European Union have been unable to reach a deal to define their post-Brexit relationship after nearly a year of talks. A severe disruption to trade between them looks increasingly likely.
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Women This Week: Feminist Foreign Policy in EuropeWelcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers December 7 to December 11.
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Russian Disinformation Popularizes Sputnik V Vaccine in AfricaBeach Gray, PhD, is a Senior Open Source Analyst at Novetta, specializing in Russian disinformation and media influence. Neil Edwards is an Open Source African Media Analyst at Novetta. On Dece…
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Arthur Ross Book Award: “Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland”Gideon Rose celebrates the winners of this year’s Arthur Ross Book Award: Patrick Radden Keefe, George Packer, and William Dalrymple. The program will include an award ceremony and a conversation with Keefe on the Northern Ireland conflict.
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United Kingdom Sends Troops to MaliBoris Johnson’s government is deploying three hundred British troops to the UN peacekeeping force MINUSMA in Mali. They will join some fourteen thousand other troops from fifty-six countries. The Bri…
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Transition 2021: How Will Biden Handle Russia?Heather A. Conley, senior vice president for Europe, Eurasia, and the Arctic and director of the Europe Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Ambassador Stephen Sestanovich, CFR’s George F. Kennan senior fellow for Russian and Eurasian studies, sit down with James M. Lindsay to discuss a Biden administration’s approach to U.S.-Russia relations.