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December 31, 2020

2020 in Review
Ten Good Foreign Policy News Stories in 2020

As 2020 comes to a close, here are ten positive stories on the foreign policy front that happened in the past year. 

Margaret Kennan is pushed in a wheelchair down a hallway lined with applauding hospital staff.
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

May 24, 2024

United States
Remembering a Fallen Hero on Memorial Day

The story of an American who died in service to his country.

A man as viewed tracing a name from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall.
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

May 23, 2024

Middle East Program
Constitutions Thick and Thin

The sharp debate in Israel last year over “judicial reform” raised basic questions that arise in most democracies about constitutions: What are they meant to be and to do? Even the definition of a…

Article by Elliott Abrams Diamonstein-Spielvogel Project on the Future of Democracy

December 16, 2019

Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia Stories to Watch in 2020: Part 1

1. Continuing Political Regression In recent weeks, Southeast Asia’s authoritarian drift has continued, with several notable events. The Thai government moved to ban the opposition Future Forward …

Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks on the second day of hearings in a case filed against Myanmar alleging genocide against the Muslim Rohingya population, at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands on December 11, 2019.
Blog Post by Joshua Kurlantzick Asia Unbound

April 23, 2024

Climate Change
Special Event: Dinner of Extinction—A Taste of Climate Action

The “Dinner of Extinction” will address the dangers the world faces due to climate change and rapidly deteriorating ecosystems. Sam Kass, former White House Chef and Senior Policy Advisor for Nutriti…

Play A female employee wearing a white shirt arranges pricetags at a vegetables work bench full of green leafy vegetables and red tomatoes.
Event by Ertharin Cousin, Cary Fowler, Samuel D. Kass, Sherri Goodman, and Michael Froman

March 27, 2024

Defense Technology
Malcolm and Carolyn Wiener Annual Lecture on Science and Technology With Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Frank Whitworth

Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), Vice Admiral Frank “Trey” Whitworth, discusses the future of the NGA and how the agency is addressing new threats, strategic defense com…

Play An F/A-18F Super Hornet jet flies over the USS Gerald R. Ford as the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier tests its new launch and flight arrest systems.
Virtual Event by Frank Whitworth III and Jeh Charles Johnson Malcolm and Carolyn Wiener Annual Lecture

June 26, 2014

Global
St. Louis Fed President Bullard on Monetary Policy and Economic Inequality

St. Louis Fed President James Bullard joins Matthew Winkler of Bloomberg News to discuss monetary policy and its effects on economic inequality.

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Event by James Bullard and Matthew Winkler C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics