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In this special edition, CFR.org Editor Robert McMahon, CFR's Director of Studies Jim Lindsay and Senior Fellow for Defense Policy Janine Davidson 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.
Robert McMahon's list:
- Colonel Roosevelt by Edmund Morris
- Pig Tales: An Omnivore's Quest for Sustainable Meat by Barry Estabrook
- The Wright Brothers by David McCullough
James Lindsay's list:
- In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made by Norman Cantor
- The Deluge: The Great War, America and the Remaking of the Global Order 1916-1931 by Adam Tooze
- How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World by Steve Johnson
Janine Davidson's list:
- The Unraveling by Emma Sky
- Ghost Fleet by Peter Singer
- The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh
Global leaders react to U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to drop out of the 2024 race and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for the Democratic nomination; France ramps up security measures as the Summer Olympics kick off in Paris; Diplomacy continues over a potential Israel-Hamas cease-fire after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the U.S. Congress; and a Russian court sentences two American journalists.
GOP Election Enthusiasm, Netanyahu Addresses U.S. Congress, Cyprus 50 Years After Invasion, and More
The world reacts to the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and the selection of Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as former President Donald Trump’s running mate; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint session of Congress; Cyprus marks fifty years since the Turkish invasion that left the country still split in two; and Nepal’s Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli begins his fourth term in office.
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) wraps its seventy-fifth summit, pledging to keep Ukraine on an “irreversible” path to membership while concerns grow about the future of U.S. commitment; Japan hosts the tenth Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting to counter China’s influence in the region; France struggles to form a government as party differences intensify; and President-Elect Masoud Pezeshkian raises hopes for possible change in Iran.