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October 13, 2020

Public Health Threats and Pandemics
Preparing for the Next Pandemic, With Sylvia Mathews Burwell

Sylvia Mathews Burwell, president of American University, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and how the world can prepare for future public health …

Podcast COVID
Podcast by James M. Lindsay and Sylvia Mathews Burwell The President’s Inbox

September 11, 2023

Trade
Decision Making in an Uncertain World

In a conversation with two of his former chiefs of staff, former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin discusses his decision-making process and how policymakers should think about economic issues …

Play Robert Rubin speaking next to Bill Clinton
Event by Robert E. Rubin, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, and Michael Froman Renewing America

April 11, 2024

Climate Change
Screening and Discussion of PBS Series "Changing Planet: Coral Special"

The PBS series Changing Planet embarks on its third year of this seven-year project examining the issues facing the planet’s most threatened ecosystems. The “Coral Special” episode takes us to the Ma…

Play An aerial view of Male island, Maldives
Event by Gillian Caldwell, Monica P. Medina, M. Sanjayan, Jennifer Koss, Paula A. Kerger, and Abdul Ghafoor Mohamed

October 8, 2020

Public Health Threats and Pandemics
Report Launch of CFR Independent Task Force on Preparing for the Next Pandemic

The United States and the world were unprepared for the COVID-19 pandemic, despite decades of warnings highlighting the inevitability of global pandemics and the need for international coordination. …

Play A French doctor, wearing a protective suit and a face mask, administers a nasal swab to a patient at a testing site for coronavirus disease
Virtual Event by Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Frances Fragos Townsend, Thomas J. Bollyky, Stewart M. Patrick, and Lulu Garcia-Navarro

January 26, 2021

Transition 2021
Transition 2021 Series: Ending the COVID-19 Pandemic

Panelists discuss the challenges of ending the COVID-19 pandemic and what steps the Biden administration should take to curb the spread, including increased and improved testing and an equitable and …

Play Grace Thomson receives the coronavirus vaccine from Paula McMahon at the Louisa Jordan Hospital as the roll out begins on December 8, 2020 in Glasgow, Scotland.
Virtual Event by Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Jennifer Nuzzo, Rajeev Venkayya, and Maria Freire Transition 2021

May 13, 2022

Religion
The Power of the Pope

For the past two thousand years, the pope has been a major player in global affairs. He is frequently called upon to act as a peace broker, a mediator, an advocate, and an influencer; and with over 1…

Podcast The pope looks out at a large crowd at Vatican City
Podcast by Gabrielle Sierra Why It Matters