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February 13, 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Governance of Artificial Intelligence, With Kat Duffy

Kat Duffy, a senior fellow for digital and cyberspace policy at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the capacity of the U.S. government to lead in creating a framework for regulating arti…

Podcast President Joe Biden signs an executive order on October 30, 2023 on the safe, secure, and trustworthy development and use of artificial intelligence.

September 21, 2023

Ukraine
Zelenskyy in Washington, Spain Tries to Form a Government, UN Spotlights Nuclear Weapons, and More

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with U.S. President Joe Biden and members of Congress to ensure continued U.S. military aid amid Ukraine's counteroffensive against Russia; the Spanish p…

Podcast Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to reporters briefly following a meeting with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer on September 21, 2023 in Washington, DC

January 10, 2023

Israel
Israel’s New Government, With Martin Indyk

Martin S. Indyk, the Lowy distinguished fellow in U.S.-Middle East diplomacy at the Council, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the consequences of Benjamin Netanyahu’s return as Israel’s pri…

Podcast Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the press after a traditional government group photo at the President's house on December 29, 2022 in Jerusalem, Israel.

April 10, 2024

Genocide and Mass Atrocities
Remembering the Rwandan Genocide

Thirty years ago, Rwanda’s government began a campaign to eradicate the country’s largest minority group. This Why It Matters episode discusses how in just one hundred days, 800,000 people in Rwanda were killed, while the rest of the world sat on the sidelines.

Podcast Woman carrying her child reads the names of Rwandan genocide victims.

July 29, 2021

Elections and Voting
Iran’s New President Takes Office, U.S. Debt Ceiling Drama, and More

Iran’s next president, Ebrahim Raisi, takes office; the suspension of the United States’ debt ceiling ends; and the summer wildfire season sets new records.

Podcast Iranian President-Elect Ebrahim Raisi holds a press conference at Shahid Beheshti conference hall on June 21, 2021 in Tehran, Iran.

April 2, 2024

Economics
Local Leaders in the Global Economy

Many Americans are losing faith in the benefits of internationalism. On this episode of Why It Matters, experts discuss the important role state and local leaders play in global affairs.

Podcast California Governor Newsom and Australian Ambassador Rudd meet to sign climate pact.

November 11, 2016

United States
The President's Inbox: Building a Government

CFR's James M. Lindsay, Robert McMahon, and Elizabeth N. Saunders examine President-Elect Donald Trump's two most immediate priorities: assembling a new administration and deciding how to start his p…

Podcast U.S. President Donald J. Trump (C) holds a cabinet meeting at the White House on March 13, 2017.