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October 5, 2023

Russia
Russia Tests New Missile and Seeks to Rejoin UN Human Rights Council, ICJ Takes On Syria, and More

Recent satellite imagery indicates that Russia is preparing to test a new nuclear-powered missile; the UN Human Rights Council votes on new members, with Russia vying to rejoin after its April 2022 s…

Podcast The empty seat for the representative of Russia during the Human Rights Council special session on Ukraine in Geneva, Switzerland on May 12, 2022.

January 2, 2024

Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Far-right Terrorism, With Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware

Bruce Hoffman, the Shelby Cullom and Kathryn W. Davis senior fellow for counterterrorism and homeland security at CFR, and Jacob Ware, a research fellow at CFR, sit down with James M. Lindsay to disc…

Podcast An FBI agent outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh after a shooting left eleven people dead in on October 27, 2018.

October 3, 2023

Russia
Getting Russia Right, With Thomas Graham

Thomas Graham, a distinguished fellow at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how U.S.-Russia relations have evolved since the Cold War.

Podcast U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Geneva, Switzerland, June 16, 2021.

March 27, 2024

Space
UFOs: Close Encounters of the National Security Kind

On this episode of Why It Matters, experts discuss the national security concerns around UFOs and the real search for extraterrestrial life.

Podcast Sign for UFO "self parking" against a blue sky.

November 17, 2022

Climate Change
Iran’s Human Rights Abuses, COP27 Concludes, World Cup Kicks Off, and More

The UN Human Rights Council meets for a special session on the Iranian regime’s brutal crackdown on protesters; the COP27 conference draws to a close amid calls from developing countries to increase …

Podcast FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022

May 5, 2017

Global
Human Rights and Diplomacy

David Kramer, Senior Director for Human Rights and Democracy at the McCain Institute and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, joins CFR's James M. Lindsay …

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September 10, 2019

United States
U.S. Human Rights Policy, With Sarah B. Snyder

Sarah B. Snyder, associate professor at American University’s School of International Service, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss U.S. human rights policy and her most recent book, From Selma…

Podcast Original "foot soldiers" at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama.