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October 5, 2023

World Health Organization (WHO)
Negotiating Global Health Security

Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic could revolutionize global health security, but the window for change is closing—quickly. In the latest Council Special Report, Yanzhong Huang and Rebecca Katz outline the urgent reforms that could lead to a safer, healthier world.

Council Special Report by Yanzhong Huang and Rebecca Katz Global Health Program

May 28, 2024

Palestinian Territories
Who Governs the Palestinians?

Power in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, the so-called Palestinian territories, has been divided among three entities: a governing body called the Palestinian Authority, the militant group Hamas, a…

Palestinians wave their national flag as they rally beneath images of President Mahmoud Abbas and his predecessor, Yasser Arafat
Backgrounder by Kali Robinson

May 29, 2024

Middle East and North Africa
Oil and National Security: U.S.-Middle East Relations

Steven Cook discusses the modern history of U.S. involvement in the Middle East and how economic interests, including secure access to oil reserves, continue to influence U.S. priorities in the regio…

Play US oil refinery at dawn.
Virtual Event by Steven A. Cook and Helima Croft

August 16, 2021

U.S. Foreign Policy
Afghanistan and the Abraham Accords

The collapse in Afghanistan helps explain why Arab states are warming up to Israel.

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

August 16, 2021

U.S. Foreign Policy
Afghanistan and the Abraham Accords

The collapse in Afghanistan helps explain why Arab states are warming up to Israel.

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

April 1, 2021

Transition 2021
Transition 2021 Series: The Abraham Accords and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Panelists discuss how the Biden administration will approach the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and if the Abraham Accords can help to resolve it.  The Transition 2021 series examines the major for…

Play Buildings in the Palestinian town of al-Eizariya are seen beyond the Israeli barrier in the Israeli-occupied West Bank January 26, 2020. Picture taken January 26, 2020.
Virtual Event by Martin S. Indyk, Dalia Dassa Kaye, Daniel B. Shapiro, and Deborah Amos Middle East Program

May 12, 2024

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
UN Halves Its Estimate of Women and Children Killed in Gaza

Between May 6 and May 8, the UN cut in half its estimates of the number of women and children killed in Gaza. The estimates were based on Hamas numbers and are a reminder that all fatality estimates …

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points