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June 3, 2022

Vietnam
Virtual Roundtable: Robert McNamara at Home: A Conversation with Craig McNamara

Ray Takeyh, Hasib J. Sabbagh senior fellow for Middle East Studies, and Craig McNamara, founder of Sierra Orchards and son of former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, discuss the legacy of R…

Play Robert McNamara speaking into a mic

November 23, 2015

Cybersecurity
Net Politics Podcast: Scott Charney

In this latest episode of the Net Politics podcast, I sit down with Scott Charney, corporate vice president at Microsoft. 

Podcast Scott Charney

January 10, 2025

China
China’s Growing Influence in Latin America

For more than two decades, China has developed close economic and security ties with many Latin American countries, including Brazil and Venezuela. But Beijing’s growing sway in the region has raised…

Chinese shipping giant COSCO owns a majority stake in a new megaport in Chancay, Peru.

January 14, 2025

Disasters
After the Fires: How to Rebuild Los Angeles

The wildfire devastation in Los Angeles will require California to develop far greater resiliency to climate-worsened disasters to sustain its revival—and a path for withstanding future disasters.

In this aerial view taken from a helicopter, burned homes are seen from above during the Palisades fire near the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California on January 9, 2025.

May 16, 2005

Middle East and North Africa
A New Beginning

Overview Focus group research in Morocco, Egypt, and Indonesia has shown that it is possible to improve the image of the United States in the Muslim world. Although many Muslims are angry at wh…

May 24, 2024

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
The Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza

Panelists review the humanitarian situation in Gaza and discuss U.S. policy options to address the crisis.  

Play Palestinian boy sleeps on a mattress inside the remains of his family's house in Gaza.