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February 23, 2024

Ukraine
C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics With Wally Adeyemo

As the two-year mark of the Russian invasion of Ukraine approaches, U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo discusses the U.S. coalition’s sanctions strategy, its effectiveness, and the challeng…

Play Profile of U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo looking to the right

February 24, 2023

Maternal and Child Health
Women This Week: Alarming Global Setbacks in Women’s Health

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers February 18 to February 24.

Baby Illiusha rests inside Pokrovsk maternity hospital, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, June 28, 2022. Illiusha was born early, delivered at only 28 weeks. But thanks to an incubator and the care he received at the clinic, he is now doing well.

July 15, 2020

Democracy
Virtual Roundtable: Scotland's Place in the World: Brexit and Pandemic Recovery

David Scheffer: Thank you very much. Hello, everyone. I'm David Scheffer, visiting senior fellow on international law at the Council on Foreign Relations. And I've been a longtime student of Scott…

Play Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon stands in front of a blue Scottish flag

December 4, 2023

Economics
C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics With Gary Gensler

Gary Gensler of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) discusses investor protection, fair markets, capital formation, and the role of American capital markets in the global economy. Th…

Play U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler testifies before a House Financial Services Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill.

February 6, 2017

Development
International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM

Today, Feb. 6, 2017, marks International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation. Learn more about the practice of female genital mutilation/cutting through these five publications from t…

Girls pose for a portrait in eastern Sierra Leone

October 2, 2015

Gender
Women Around the World: This Week

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post,  from September 24 to October 1, was compiled by V…

Internally displaced girls fleeing a military offensive in the Swat valley hold classes inside a tent at an UNHCR camp (United Nations High Commission for Refugees) in the outskirts of Peshawar May 19, 2009. REUTERS/Ali Imam