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October 2, 2024

Global
Central Bank Currency Swaps Tracker

Introduction Since the financial crisis of 2007, central banks around the world have entered into a multitude of bilateral currency swap agreements with one another. These agreements allow a centr…

October 11, 2024

United States
Happy 249th Birthday, U.S. Navy!

The U.S. Navy marks 249 years of service. 

Southern Seas Naval Exercise 2024

October 15, 2024

Democracy
Religion and Foreign Policy Webinar: Religion in the 2024 U.S. Election

Adelle M. Banks, projects editor and national reporter for Religion News Service, and Adam Nicholas Phillips, chief strategy officer and chief of staff at Interfaith America, discuss the evolving rol…

Play Supporters of Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump pray during the invocation on the day Trump makes a campaign stop at manufacturer FALK Production in Walker, Michigan, U.S. September 27, 2024.

September 18, 2024

Global
What Are the UN Sustainable Development Goals?

The United Nations’ ambitious development agenda aims to protect people and the planet via seventeen goals. But experts say governments aren’t doing enough to implement them.

Students attend a lesson at a school in the Tillabéri region of Niger.

May 22, 2024

Middle East and North Africa
2024 International Affairs Fellowship Conference: A Conversation With Philip Gordon

Dr. Phil Gordon was the Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (2009–2011) and Special Assistant to the President and White House Coordinator for the Middle East, North Africa…

Play Dr. Phil Gorgon Testifying in Court

October 4, 2024

United States
Election 2024: Where the Election Stands One Month Before Election Day

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This week: With polls showing a neck-and-neck race, both presidential campaigns are looking to turn out their …

Election workers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, scan ballots cast during the 2022 midterm election.

September 6, 2024

United States
C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics With John C. Williams

John C. Williams of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York discusses monetary policy and the economic outlook for the year ahead.For those attending virtually, log-in information and instructions on ho…

Play John C. Williams, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, speaks at a conference in California, U.S.

September 20, 2024

United States
Election 2024: Donald Trump Has Vowed to Raise Tariffs. Can He?

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This week: Congress is empowered to set tariff policy, but it has delegated much of its authority to the presi…

Shipping containers at Port Newark, New Jersey

August 8, 2024

Nigeria
The Myth of the ‘Leaderless’ African Protest

Rather than being leaderless, contemporary African protests are being steered by a leadership no one saw coming.

Organizers address the press, as anti-government demonstrations against bad governance and economic hardship continue, in Lagos, Nigeria on August 5, 2024.

July 22, 2024

Economics
Immigration Has Boosted Labor Force Participation, Helping Growth and Hastening Rate Cuts

One factor boosting the case for an early Fed rate cut is the rise in the labor force participation rate—a rise driven by immigration.

Labor Force Participation Rate