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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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July 12, 2010
Russia
What the Russian Spy Case Reveals
The arrest of ten alleged Russian agents in U.S. suburbs raises questions about the nature of spying in the twenty-first century. Former U.S. spies discuss the enduring need for intelligence collecte…
May 7, 2010
Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Shahzad Arrest Ignites Liberties Debate
The Times Square bomb plot has triggered questions about when and whether suspect Faisal Shahzad, a Pakistan-born American citizen, should have been informed of his Miranda rights. These questions ar…
June 12, 2020
United States
The World Next Week: What to Read, Watch, and Listen to This Summer
Each year CFR.org editor Bob McMahon and I record a special episode of The World Next Week on our summer reading recommendations. Being sticklers for tradition, we did so again this year. We thought,…
November 7, 2023
Central Africa
CFR Book Launch Series: "The Lumumba Plot" by Stuart Reid
Foreign Affairs Executive Editor Stuart Reid discusses his new book, The Lumumba Plot, which follows the dramatic history of the Congo in 1960 on the edge of its independence from Belgium, the ensuin…
October 4, 2012
Drug Policy
Paradigm Shift: Efforts to Reform Drug Policy
Director Kerlikowske will discuss the state of global drug policy, including a new emphasis on programs that recognize drug addiction as a disease of the brain instead of a moral failure, trends in d…
October 4, 2012
Drug Policy
Paradigm Shift: Efforts to Reform Drug Policy
Gil Kerlikowske, director of the National Drug Control Policy, discusses global drug policy, including a new emphasis on programs that recognize drug addiction as a disease of the brain instead of a …