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February 14, 2024

United States
C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics With Austan Goolsbee

Austan Goolsbee of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago discusses the U.S. economy and monetary policy. The C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics brings the world’s foremost economic…

Play Austan Goolsbee speaking during a news briefing at the White House in 2011.

December 20, 2023

China
China: Year in Review 2023

A review of the most significant events in China in 2023, and a look ahead to the most pressing challenges and uncertainties the country will face in 2024.

Chinese President Xi Jinping waves as he walks with U.S. President Joe Biden at Filoli estate on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Woodside, California, November 15, 2023.

June 5, 2020

Public Health Threats and Pandemics
Assessing Public Health Risks

Dr. Leana Wen, visiting professor of public health at George Washington University, and former health commissioner for the city of Baltimore, discusses COVID-19, ​considerations for reopening, and be…

Play Workers wearing protective gear disinfect a classroom of Central Model School before its reopening, as India eases lockdown restrictions that were imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Barrackpore on the outskirts of Kolkata, India.

February 8, 2022

Public Health Threats and Pandemics
Year Three: The Pandemic Continues

As we enter year three of the COVID-19 pandemic, three leading global health experts examine how the United States and the world have dealt with the evolving situation, the lessons learned, and the w…

Play Medical worker Robert Gilbertson loads a syringe with the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine to be administered by nurses at a vaccination site at Kedren Community Health Center, in South Central Los Angeles, California on February 16, 2021.

June 18, 2020

United States
Virtual Roundtable: Racial Inequities of COVID-19

Drs. Lisa Cooper and Leana Wen discuss the racial inequities that exist in the health care field today and how that impacts the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Play Corey Harper kneels alongside his fellow healthcare workers with his fist in the air.

May 18, 2010

China
Preparing for Cancun

My colleague Elizabeth Economy joined me and a few others on a trip to Mexico City last week. She posted this report on her blog, Asia Unbound, and kindly agreed to let me repost it here: Copenhagen…