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May 7, 2024

Cybersecurity
San Francisco Meeting: A Conversation With Nathaniel C. Fick

Ambassador Fick discussed the release of the United States’ International Cyberspace and Digital Policy Strategy. Ambassador Fick also addressed the role of technology diplomacy in advancing an affir…

Play Kat Duffy and Nathaniel Fick on stage. Nathaniel Fick gives a thumbs up to the audience.

September 27, 2024

China
China in Latin America: September 2024

This month, China’s engagement with Latin America primarily focused on trade and investment, highlighted by Brazil’s announcement of an interministerial working group to explore the South American co…

Woman dismantles Chinese and Latin American flags.

November 15, 2023

Vietnam
San Francisco Meeting: A Conversation With President Vo Van Thuong of Vietnam

 President Vo Van Thuong of Vietnam discusses the U.S.-Vietnam partnership during the APEC Summit.

Play President Joe Biden and President Vo Van Thuong shaking hands

October 25, 2024

Sexual Violence
Women This Week: Rate of Women Killed in Conflict Doubles in 2023

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers October 19 to October 25.

Women carry belongings on their heads while government soldiers loot homes and shops after a day of fighting in the village of Kayna in eastern Congo, November 18, 2008.

October 5, 2012

Americas
U.S. Drug Policy’s Third Way: A Conversation with Gil Kerlikowske

Over the past year, public frustration in Latin America has been mounting toward the international drug control regime. Latin American leaders brought the drug policy debate to the forefront at the S…

Kerlikowske - LAM

October 10, 2024

RealEcon
National Security Regulation and the Decline of Cost-Benefit Analysis

Laws meant to insulate domestic companies from foreign transactions are often implemented with little regard to the ensuing domestic costs.  Those costs could undermine the national security goals of…

A general view of the U.S. Treasury building in Washington, U.S. January 19, 2023.

January 17, 2013

The Renewing America Interview: San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee on Pension Reform

When he took over as San Francisco's interim mayor in January 2011, Ed Lee seemed like just the reluctant warrior the city needed to tackle its fiscal woes. He hadn't run for office since his bid for…

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee speaks at his election day party in San Francisco, November 2011 (Robert Galbraith/Courtesy Reuters).

October 21, 2024

South Korea
C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics With Governor Rhee Chang Yong of the Bank of Korea

Bank of Korea Governor Rhee Chang Yong discusses monetary policy in South Korea and the implications of reshaping global value chains. The C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics brin…

Play  Rhee Chang-yong speaks in Seoul, South Korea