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July 8, 2024

Iran
What Could Change Under Iran’s New ‘Reformist’ President?

President-Elect Masoud Pezeshkian campaigned as a moderate regarding issues such as the hijab law and nuclear negotiations, but the regime is unlikely to allow any sweeping changes.

Someone holds a poster of President-Elect Masoud Pezeshkian above a crowd of his supporters

June 27, 2024

Kenya
A Sea Change in Kenya

Kenya's protests mark a generational revolution in the country's politics.

Protesters react after police use teargas to disperse them during a demonstration against Kenya's proposed finance bill in Nairobi, Kenya, on June 20, 2024.

May 30, 2024

Public Health Threats and Pandemics
Climate Change and Public Health Policy

David Fidler, senior fellow for global health and cybersecurity at CFR, discusses the factors shaping U.S. health and climate policy included in his Council Special Report, A New U.S. Foreign Policy …

Play Haze and smoke from Canadian wildfires shroud skies over Washington

March 5, 2024

Women and Economic Growth
International Women’s Day, With Ann Norris

Ann Norris, a senior fellow for women and foreign policy at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss International Women’s Day and the challenges facing adolescent girls around the world and t…

Podcast Nepali students stand in line to attend their final exam in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 31, 2023.

June 10, 2024

France
How Will the EU Elections Results Change Europe?

Far-right advances in the European Parliament elections have destabilized politics in France, a longstanding pillar of the European Union, and highlighted fault lines in the bloc.

July 10, 2024

United States
Future Wars: The Nexus of Technology and the Military

Panelists discuss the Silicon Valley’s role in the future of war and whether or not the Pentagon is successfully innovating rapidly enough to keep up with the technological changes facing the militar…

Play A marine stands above an Unmanned Vehicle Robot, Testudo, at the launch of the Defence Technology Plan in London.

October 24, 2023

Cybersecurity
Countering the Ransomware Threat With Anne Neuberger

Deputy National Security Advisor Anne Neuberger discusses international cyber cooperation initiatives to improve resilience to ransomware, efforts to disrupt ransomware and pursue those responsible f…

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May 13, 2024

Global Health Program
In-Person DC Roundtable: Falling Global Fertility and Its Implications for Climate Change, Political Stability, and Economies

New fertility forecasts from the Global Burden of Disease Study stress our world's trajectory towards a low-fertility future. By 2050, fertility rates in three-quarters of countries will not sustain …

Play Image of Thomas Bollyky, Christopher J. Murray, and Ann Norris

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

June 3, 2024

Thailand
Thailand’s Draconian 112 Lèse-majesté Law: Any Hope for Change?

A repressive law limiting criticism of the Thai monarchy has placed the current king beyond reproach, but popular discontent with the legislation and the monarchy is growing. 

Thai King wears a white military dress uniform while carrying a sword and walking during a military procession.