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October 8, 2020

Public Health Threats and Pandemics
Report Launch of CFR Independent Task Force on Preparing for the Next Pandemic

The United States and the world were unprepared for the COVID-19 pandemic, despite decades of warnings highlighting the inevitability of global pandemics and the need for international coordination. …

Play A French doctor, wearing a protective suit and a face mask, administers a nasal swab to a patient at a testing site for coronavirus disease
Virtual Event by Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Frances Fragos Townsend, Thomas J. Bollyky, Stewart M. Patrick, and Lulu Garcia-Navarro

September 30, 2020

U.S. Foreign Policy
CFR Fellows' Book Launch Series With Philip H. Gordon

Since the end of World War II, the United States has set out to oust governments in the Middle East on an average of once per decade—in places such as Iran, Afghanistan (twice), Iraq, Egypt, Libya, a…

Play Philip H. Gordon and James M. Lindsay
Virtual Event by Philip H. Gordon and James M. Lindsay CFR Fellows' Book Launch

July 28, 2020

Elections and Voting
Election Administration and Mail-in Voting

Trey Grayson, former Kentucky secretary of state, Elizabeth Howard, senior counsel for the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center  for Justice, and Tahesha Way, New Jersey secretary of state, discus…

Play A voter places their ballot in a curbside ballot drop box to help prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during the Maryland U.S. presidential primary election as other voters stand in a long line waiting to cast their votes in College Park, Maryland.
Webinar by Trey Grayson, Liz Howard, Tahesha Way, and Irina A. Faskianos State and Local Webinars

June 23, 2020

State and Local Governments (U.S.)
Local Leadership in Times of Crisis

Eric L. Johnson, mayor of Dallas, T​exas, discusses ​local leadership during times of crisis and uncertainty, drawing on his experiences as mayor during the recent protests against police brutality, …

Play Aerial view of downtown Dallas, Texas.
Webinar by Eric L. Johnson and Irina A. Faskianos State and Local Webinars

June 5, 2020

Public Health Threats and Pandemics
Assessing Public Health Risks

Dr. Leana Wen, visiting professor of public health at George Washington University, and former health commissioner for the city of Baltimore, discusses COVID-19, ​considerations for reopening, and be…

Play Workers wearing protective gear disinfect a classroom of Central Model School before its reopening, as India eases lockdown restrictions that were imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Barrackpore on the outskirts of Kolkata, India.
Webinar by Leana S. Wen and Irina A. Faskianos State and Local Webinars