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April 9, 2024

Ukraine
Russia, Ukraine, and Global Instability, With Michael Kimmage

Michael Kimmage, a history professor at the Catholic University of America and a senior associate with the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, s…

Podcast Ukrainian tank-men are seen on a BWP infantry fighting vehicle in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on March 17, 2024.

November 7, 2023

Central Africa
CFR Book Launch Series: "The Lumumba Plot" by Stuart Reid

Foreign Affairs Executive Editor Stuart Reid discusses his new book, The Lumumba Plot, which follows the dramatic history of the Congo in 1960 on the edge of its independence from Belgium, the ensuin…

Play Patrice Lumumba, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo from June to September of 1960.

June 4, 2024

Global
The Rise in LGBTQ+ Hate and Democratic Backsliding

Panelists discuss the global rise of anti-LGBTQ+ sentiments and the intersection of the deterioration of LGBTQ+ rights and democratic backsliding. 

Play Silhouetted person waves rainbow pride flag.

October 17, 2023

Central Africa
The Lumumba Plot

A spellbinding work of history that reads like a Cold War spy thriller—about the U.S.-sanctioned plot to assassinate the democratically elected leader of the newly independent Congo.

June 12, 2024

Energy and Climate Policy
CFR Welcomes Varun Sivaram Back as Senior Fellow for Energy and Climate

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is pleased to welcome back Varun Sivaram as senior fellow for energy and climate. He will work with CFR President Michael Froman to launch a cross-cutting initi…

June 11, 2024

Russia
Estimating Future Interest Income From Russia’s Frozen Reserves

Outright seizure of the Russian Central Bank’s hundreds of billions in frozen assets is currently off the table, but it is still possible to obtain large sums for Ukraine from the interest income on …

Estimating Future Interest Income From Russia’s Frozen Reserves

June 20, 2023

Taiwan
The Future of U.S.-Taiwan Relations, With Susan M. Gordon and Michael G. Mullen

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 …

Podcast Sailors in the Republic of China Navy walk to position at a navy base in the Penghu Islands, Taiwan, on August 30, 2022.

June 12, 2024

Military Operations
Sea Power: The U.S. Navy and Foreign Policy

The U.S. Navy’s dominance of the world’s oceans has made it an indispensable foreign policy tool and a guarantor of global trade, but a mix of challenges is raising difficult questions about its futu…

Ships from Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 sail in formation in the Mediterranean Sea.