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May 2, 2023

United States
Virtual Roundtable: The Epidemic of Gun Violence in American Schools

Gun violence has become integral to the American childhood. With an estimated three million U.S. children exposed to shootings every year, the physical, psychological, and societal toll of gun violen…

Play Crosses with the names of victims of a school shooting at a memorial outside Robb Elementary school

March 22, 2023

Nigeria
Peter Obi and a Dream Deferred

Peter Obi may have lost the Nigerian presidential election, but he and the movement he leads may yet win the political war.

Supporters of Labour Party candidate Peter Obi surround and stand atop of a yellow truck. One man is pictured carrying the Nigerian flag.

April 12, 2023

Public Health Threats and Pandemics
Global Health Symposium: The Foreign Policy of Collective Action: Lessons for the Future of Global Health

This symposium will take stock of the lessons of COVID-19 for the foreign policy of collective action and explore how those lessons should be applied to future global health challenges.

February 23, 2023

Corporate Governance
"The Bill of Obligations" and Corporate Interests in American Democracy

Richard Haass discusses his new book, The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens, and how the private sector benefits from a functioning, stable, accountable democracy. Haass details wa…

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December 7, 2022

Education
Higher Education Webinar: Affirmative Action

Mike Hoa Nguyen, assistant professor of education, faculty affiliate at the Institute for Human Development and Social Change, and faculty affiliate at the Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity …

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February 22, 2023

United States
Higher Education Webinar: Teaching the History of American Democracy

Jeremi Suri, the Mack Brown distinguished chair for leadership in global affairs and professor of public affairs and history at the University of Texas at Austin, leads the conversation on how to tea…

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October 19, 2022

Americas
The Organization of American States

The Organization of American States is an important forum for regional diplomacy and has become more assertive in promoting the rule of law, human rights, and fair elections as some states face domes…

Secretary-General Luis Almagro convenes the OAS’s fifty-second General Assembly in Lima, Peru.

May 22, 2023

United States
Robert B. McKeon Endowed Series on Military Strategy and Leadership

The U.S. military service chiefs discuss U.S. defense priorities around the world and the state of the American armed forces. The Robert B. McKeon Endowed Series on Military Strategy and Leadershi…

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May 25, 2023

United States
What Happens When the U.S. Hits Its Debt Ceiling?

As the U.S. government grapples with another deadline to increase its debt ceiling in 2023, economists warn that a possible default could have disastrous economic consequences. 

An exterior view of the Capitol dome with storm clouds in the background.

January 24, 2023

Democracy
The World’s Stake in American Democracy

America's democratic difficulties will have major implications for the world.

A voter arrives at a polling place on March 3, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.