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January 16, 2025

China
Daughters and Sons Guest Event: Personal Histories, Global Perspectives With Ali Velshi and Edward Wong

Panelists discuss their recently released memoirs, Small Acts of Courage and At the Edge of Empire: A Family's Reckoning with China, highlighting how their personal experiences helped shape their per…

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Virtual Event by Ali Velshi, Edward Wong, Carla Anne Robbins, and Michael Froman

April 1, 2011

Human Rights
Egypt in Turmoil: CFR Analysis by Isobel Coleman

Having just returned from Egypt, the Council on Foreign Relations’ Isobel Coleman sat down with CFR Director of Studies James Lindsay to discuss the recent turmoil in the country.  

Explainer Video by James M. Lindsay and Isobel Coleman

May 8, 2013

Middle East and North Africa
New From CFR: Isobel Coleman on Aid to Egypt

On the new Ask CFR Experts feature today, I consider the question of whether the United States should continue economic aid to Egypt. "The answer," I write, "is a resounding yes." As I add, however: …

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Post by Isobel Coleman Development Channel

March 19, 2025

Trade
We’ve Been Looking at Trade All Wrong

There was once a broad consensus in Washington that trade was a force for good—a way to connect, grow, and prosper. But today, trade has evolved into something much bigger than just the exchange of g…

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Podcast by Gabrielle Sierra and Edward Alden Why It Matters

November 8, 2005

Development
Microcredit Gaining Momentum, Says Council’s Isobel Coleman

Microcredit, also known as microfinance, is a widely touted development technique that extends small loans to entrepreneurs in poverty-stricken areas. Microcredit loanshave now reached 100 million pe…

Interview by Isobel Coleman and Eben Kaplan

May 28, 2024

Climate Change
Daughters and Sons Guest Event: From Image to Action—Raising Climate Awareness

Using visual mediums and narratives, an artist and a documentary producer discuss the urgent challenges of climate change and what it will take to solve the climate crisis through science, the power …

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Virtual Event by Oliver Jeffers, Kathryn Murdoch, Juju Chang, and Michael Froman