October 18, 2019
CybersecurityHuawei redeploys U.S.-linked executives and looks to other markets; U.S. cyberattacks against Iran unveiled; Russian APT involved in 2016 DNC hack still active; United States evaluates election secur…
October 18, 2019
CanadaCanada’s federal election poses a stiff test for the governing Liberal Party, with implications for its global role on issues such as climate change.
October 15, 2019
RussiaPanelists provide first-hand accounts of the 1986 Reykjavik Summit with U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and discuss how the Cold War–era meeting shaped future U.S.-Ru…
October 15, 2019
TurkeyThe Turkish invasion in northern Syria is the latest example of the country’s disregard for NATO values. It’s time to do something about it.
October 15, 2019
South AfricaThe Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S Treasury has formally sanctioned on October 10 members of the Gupta family and associates, who are members of a “significant corruption network in South Africa.” Under the sanction, all Gupta property in the United States is blocked and must be reported to OFAC.
October 14, 2019
SyriaA major new report about the Syrian war raises the question of whether Washington ever cared about it in the first place.
October 11, 2019
RussiaPanelists discuss the extent of disinformation, its impact on democracy, and what can be done to prevent, mitigate, and stop its spread. THOMPSON: Welcome to today’s Council on Foreign Relations m…
October 11, 2019
Election 2020The big foreign policy news this week was President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops who have been working with Syrian Kurds, effectively greenlighting Turkey’s subsequent invasion of …
October 11, 2019
NigeriaFaced with a resurgent Boko Haram and an ineffectual federal government, Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno state appears to be readying a multi-pronged strategy of his own. According to press reports, he is recruiting ten thousand hunters “with voodoo powers and hunting skills” to fight Boko Haram.
October 11, 2019
EconomicsNeel Kashkari discusses U.S. economic growth, monetary policy, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. The C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics brings the world's foremost eco…
