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April 8, 2024

Sexual Violence
Arthur C. Helton Memorial Lecture: Preventing and Addressing Sexual Violence in Conflict

The United Nations recognized rape as a war crime in 2008 through the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1820. Despite this step, sexual violence remains a widespread practice in wars and con…

Play Sheryl Sandberg at an event at the Council on Foreign Relations

November 13, 2002

United States
International Community Knows the Consequences of Deadly Conflict but Does Little to Prevent It, Argues Barnett Rubin

November 13, 2002 — Given the dramatic loss of life, attacks on our fundamental values and the fall-out in terms of refugees and other serious problems, preventing deadly conflict and the disorder it…

February 23, 2024

Technology and Innovation
Cyber Week in Review: February 23, 2024

Digital Services Act enters into effect; leaked data shows Chinese hacking; Google to launch pre-bunking campaign; U.S., EU, and UK take down ransomware gang; Russian disinformation campaign targets …

Iren Salama holds her baby Pendo as it is given an injection as part of a malaria vaccine trial at a clinic in the Kenya coastal town of Kilifi on November 23, 2010

April 18, 2011

Emerging Markets
Spence: Emerging Market Investment Boom Ahead

Economist A. Michael Spence says emerging market growth is going to produce a boom in investment, which in turn may lead to higher interest rates globally, and a tendency to intervene in internatio…

April 10, 2006

Democracy
Afghanistan on “Life Support” Warns Council Report

Stabilization and reconstruction operations in Afghanistan have been overshadowed by developments in Iraq since the 2003 invasion, says the report, Afghanistan’s Uncertain Transition From Turmoil to …

January 8, 2003

United States
Robert E. Rubin and Kenneth M. Duberstein Bipartisan Task Force Recommends Path to New Consensus on Trade Expansion

Contact: Lisa Shields, Director of Communications, (212) 439 7926 or [email protected] KEY RECOMMENDATIONS: GIVE THE PRESIDENT TRADE PROMOTION AUTHORITY NOW, AND USE THE BENEFITS OF TRADE EXPAN…