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October 14, 2021

Food and Water Security
World Food Day, NATO Defense Ministers Meet, and More

World Food Day is marked amid a rise in global food insecurity, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) defense ministers convene in Brussels, and a Libya in turmoil notes the tenth anniversary of …

Podcast Farmers prepare to transport farm produce from their farm to the market after relocating to a smaller farm at Northbank, Benue State, Nigeria, on August 12, 2021, due to attacks on farmers in Nigeria.
Podcast by James M. Lindsay and Robert McMahon The World Next Week

February 11, 2021

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
NATO Defense Ministers Convene, UN Security Council Talks Yemen, and More

Defense ministers of NATO countries meet virtually to discuss withdrawing from Afghanistan; the UN Security Council debates the war in Yemen following the Biden administration’s policy shift; and spa…

Podcast A Yemeni man inspects a house that was destroyed in an airstrike carried out during the war by the Saudi-led coalition's warplanes, on February 05, 2021 in Sana'a, Yemen.
Podcast by James M. Lindsay and Robert McMahon The World Next Week

March 19, 2020

Diplomacy and International Institutions
G7 Foreign Ministers Convene Virtually, U.S. Imposes Sanctions, and More

Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) member states convene virtually as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to reshape the world calendar, virus concerns drive a rift between the United States an…

Podcast A man wearing a protective face mask makes a selfie in front of the Eiffel tower in Paris as a lockdown imposed to slow the rate of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) contagion started at midday in Paris, France.
Podcast by James M. Lindsay and Robert McMahon The World Next Week

November 21, 2019

G20 (Group of Twenty)
G20 Foreign Ministers Convene, Hong Kong Protests Continue, and More

Group of Twenty foreign ministers convene in Nagoya, Japan, district council elections are held in Hong Kong amid rampant and ever-growing protests, and NATO leaders hold a meeting in London.

Podcast Hong Kong
Podcast by James M. Lindsay and Robert McMahon The World Next Week

April 9, 2020

Public Health Threats and Pandemics
Coronavirus Tolls Fluctuate Globally, G20 Foreign and Energy Ministers Meet, and More

Countries across the globe continue to face the challenges presented by the novel coronavirus, Group of Twenty (G20) foreign and energy ministers meet virtually, and Israelis struggle to form a gover…

Podcast Sailors transport a patient across the bow to be admitted aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy, deployed as a referral hospital for non-COVID-19 patients currently admitted to shore-based hospitals, in Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Podcast by James M. Lindsay and Steven A. Cook The World Next Week