U.S. and South Korean forces hold war games on the Korean Peninsula and North Americans view a solar eclipse.
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Iranian president Hassan Rouhani is sworn in for a second term, national security advisors for the BRICS countries meet in Beijing, and a Vietnam War veteran receives the Medal of Honor.
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U.S. Vice President Mike Pence travels to Europe, the U.S. Congress may or may not go to recess, and Turkey steps into the Qatar diplomatic crisis.
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Pew Research Center's Bruce Stokes joins CFR's Robert McMahon to discuss Pew's latest survey on global perceptions of the United States.
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U.S. President Donald J. Trump meets French President Emmanuel Macron, Turkey marks one year since a failed coup attempt, and Venezuela's opposition holds a plebiscite.
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President Donald J. Trump goes to Poland, the Group of 20 meets in Hamburg, and three notable independence days are celebrated.
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Experts discuss the current threats and vulnerabilities in U.S. cybersecurity and the level of U.S. preparedness in responding to the next cyberattack.
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In this special edition, CFR.org Editor Robert McMahon, CFR's Director of Studies Jim Lindsay and Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy Gayle Lemmon start off the summer with a list of books that they will be reading in the weeks ahead. Listen in for recommendations from their reading lists.
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Gideon Rose discusses the May/June 2017 issue of Foreign Affairs magazine with contributors Matthew Kroenig and Emily Parker. The latest issue offers an early assessment of Donald J. Trump’s administration.
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Martin Wolf discusses the economic origins of the rise in global populism, the political and financial implications, and the state of democratic capitalism.
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French president Emmanuel Macron meets Russian president Vladimir Putin, the UN Security Council meets to discuss Yemen, and the Organization of American States examines the crisis in Venezuela.
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Jocelyne Cesari, Jack A. Goldstone, and Pankaj Mishra discuss the rise of ethnonationalism and the future of liberal democracy.
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President Donald J. Trump makes his first trip abroad and OPEC ministers meet to discuss oil production levels.