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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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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…
February 24, 2020
South Korea
Don't Gut the U.S.-South Korea Alliance
The OPCON transition plan should be put on the back burner or, better yet, scrapped altogether.
April 19, 2024
Israel
The President’s Inbox Recap: Iran’s Attack on Israel
The unprecedented Iranian attack on Israel raises concerns of a wider Middle East conflict.
November 13, 2020
Transition 2021
Transition 2021: When Presidents Don’t Concede
Each Friday, I look at what is happening in President-Elect Joe Biden’s transition to the White House. This week: Trump puts the transition process in limbo and Biden begins building his team.
April 9, 2024
Defense and Security
Series on Emerging Technology, U.S. Foreign Policy, and World Order: Frontline Innovations—Defense Solutions for National Security Challenges
Panelists discuss new and emerging commercial defense technology, current opportunities and challenges in defense innovation, and the future landscape of national security. For those attending vir…
September 13, 2017
South Africa
'Don't Underestimate Zuma'
For those in South Africa and elsewhere devoted to the rule of law, the supremacy of constitutional institutions over individual personalities, and repelled by corruption, South Africa’s President Ja…
April 8, 2024
Sexual Violence
Arthur C. Helton Memorial Lecture: Preventing and Addressing Sexual Violence in Conflict
The United Nations recognized rape as a war crime in 2008 through the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1820. Despite this step, sexual violence remains a widespread practice in wars and con…
