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April 12, 2013

Middle East and North Africa
Sandmonkey, Egypt, and the IMF

When I began this blog a little more than two years ago, one of the early posts was entitled "Free Sandmonkey." Sandmonkey is the "nom de blog" of Mahmoud Salem, then Egypt’s most famous blogger, and…

June 19, 2015

Global
The World Next Week: Summer Reading Special

In this special edition, CFR.org Editor Robert McMahon, CFR's Director of Studies Jim Lindsay and Senior Fellow for Defense Policy Janine Davidson share their summer reading lists. Listen in for book…

February 1, 2023

Climate Change
Academic Webinar: Climate Compensation and Cooperation

FASKIANOS: Thank you, and welcome to today’s session of the Winter/Spring 2023 CFR Academic Webinar series. I’m Irina Faskianos, vice president of the National Program and Outreach at CFR. Today’s…

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June 19, 2015

What’s Worth Reading This Summer?

CFR.org editor Bob McMahon and I sat down yesterday to record the annual summer reading episode of CFR’s “The World Next Week” podcast. Our good friend and colleague, Janine Davidson, joined us for t…

People check books at a new mobile library for beach visitors initiated by the Tel Aviv municipality on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea in Tel Aviv July 9, 2013.

February 3, 2011

Egypt
Free Sandmonkey!

Events in Egypt are moving fast—and deteriorating faster. Here is the text of a post by Sandmonkey, the leading Egyptian blogger, who was arrested today, beaten, and then released. He recently tweets…