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December 7, 2023

South Korea
CFR Fellows' Book Launch Series: The United States–South Korea Alliance: Why It May Fail and Why It Must Not by Scott A. Snyder

The alliance between the United States and South Korea has endured through seven decades of shifting regional and geopolitical security contexts. In The United States–South Korea Alliance: Why It May…

Play U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol attend an Indo-Pacific Economic Framework event at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco, California.

October 12, 2023

International Organizations
The World Bank Group’s Role in Global Development

Since its founding in 1944, the World Bank has evolved from a lender focused on European reconstruction to the preeminent international institution for economic development and poverty reduction.

A woman reads in front of a chalkboard in an outdoor classroom in Niger.

August 23, 2023

China
Beijing's Global Media Offensive: China’s Uneven Campaign to Influence Asia and the World

In Beijing's Global Media Offensive: China’s Uneven Campaign to Influence Asia and the World, CFR's Joshua Kurlantzick analyzes China's attempts to become a media, information, and influence superpow…

Teaching Notes Image for Beijing's Global Media Offensive

August 21, 2023

China
China’s Current Economy: Implications for Investors and Supply Chains

  Chair Cleveland, Chair Glas, and members of the Commission, thank you for inviting me to testify before the Commission. I appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today to testify abo…

Zoe Liu 8.21 Testimony

August 18, 2023

COVID-19
Anti-Corruption Campaign in China’s Medical Sector: Unmasking the Hidden Agenda

While the Chinese government’s new anti-corruption campaign has the potential to significantly advance China’s healthcare reform, it may also have unforeseen and potentially dire consequences.

A medical worker checks the IV drip treatment of a patient lying on a bed in the emergency department of a hospital, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China, January 5, 2023. REUTERS/Staff

August 1, 2023

Democracy
Strengthening South Korean Value Diplomacy for U.S.-South Korean Normative Alignment

The second workshop for the project on Bolstering U.S.-South Korean Cooperation to Meet the China Challenge examined the prospects for enhanced U.S.-South Korean normative cooperation and alignment. …

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Foreign Minister Park Jin listen to leaders' speeches during the first day of the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 20, 2022.

July 24, 2023

United States
Why Washington Should Give Up the World Bank Presidency

To boost the Bretton Woods institutions, and parry challenges from Beijing, Washington should give up the World Bank presidency.

World Bank