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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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November 29, 2018
United States
On the Upcoming G20 Summit with Stewart Patrick
Stewart Patrick joins Jim Lindsay to discuss the implications of the G20 summit.
September 7, 2023
North Korea
India’s G20 Summit, 9/11 in Chile and the U.S., Kim Jong Un and Putin Draw Closer, and More
Leaders of major global economies meet in New Delhi, India for the annual Group of Twenty (G20) summit to solve the most pressing economic challenges; on September 11th, Chile marks fifty years since…
April 10, 2024
Genocide and Mass Atrocities
Remembering the Rwandan Genocide
Thirty years ago, Rwanda’s government began a campaign to eradicate the country’s largest minority group. This Why It Matters episode discusses how in just one hundred days, 800,000 people in Rwanda were killed, while the rest of the world sat on the sidelines.
October 11, 2022
China
China’s 20th National Party Congress, With Ian Johnson
Ian Johnson, Stephen A. Schwarzman senior fellow for China studies at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss what the Chinese Communist Party’s upcoming 20th National Congress means for Chin…
November 10, 2022
G20 (Group of Twenty)
U.S. Midterm Results, G20 Summit, Prospects for Russia-Ukraine Diplomacy, and More
The United States takes stock of the midterm election results; geopolitical tensions loom over the Group of Twenty summit in Bali, Indonesia; and conversation swirls around possible diplomacy between…
April 2, 2024
Economics
Local Leaders in the Global Economy
Many Americans are losing faith in the benefits of internationalism. On this episode of Why It Matters, experts discuss the important role state and local leaders play in global affairs.
