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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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January 17, 2013
Human Rights
Freedom in the World 2013
Arch Puddington presents Freedom House’s "Freedom in the World 2013" report, followed by a discussion between Tamara Wittes and Larry Diamond. They discuss the text of the report, as well as the diff…
July 21, 2011
Homeland Security
9/11 Perspectives: Bush’s Freedom Agenda
This video is part of a special Council on Foreign Relations series that explores how 9/11 changed international relations and U.S. foreign policy. In this video, Elliott Abrams, Senior Fellow for Mi…
April 5, 2011
Global
Google’s Cerf on Internet Freedom and Foreign Policy
"Father of the Internet" Vint Cerf talks to CFR’s Hagit Bachrach about the future of the Internet and what it means for international development and foreign policy.
March 15, 2023
China
Is China a Democracy or a Dictatorship?
China’s political system is complicated, and there’s a lot of contradictory information out there. Is China a communist country? Is it democratic, as its own government insists? And what does “freedo…
June 23, 2022
Hong Kong
China’s Crackdown on a Free Hong Kong
After the British government handed Hong Kong over to China in 1997, Beijing promised to let the city keep its capitalist economy and some of its democratic freedoms under the “one country, two syste…
