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April 1, 2014

Global
World Bank Announces Increased Lending to Support Goal of Ending Extreme Poverty

One year into the World Bank's campaign to eliminate extreme poverty by 2030, Jim Yong Kim, president of the World Bank, joins CNBC's Michelle Caruso-Cabrera to discuss the progress that has been mad…

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Event by Jim Yong Kim and Michelle Caruso-Cabrera David A. Morse Lecture

January 30, 2019

Health
The Growing Global Cancer Divide

In advance of World Cancer Day, speakers discuss developments in cancer treatment and prevention, and the prospects for closing the global cancer divide. 

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Event by Cary Adams and Harold Varmus

October 1, 2020

Climate Change
Confronting Climate Change: Methane Emissions and the Environment

The Environmental Protection Agency recently announced it would rescind some methane reporting regulations, a decision now being debated in federal court. Speakers discuss the environmental risks of …

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Virtual Event by Alice C. Hill, Fred Krupp, Gretchen Watkins, and Tracy B. McKibben Energy Security and Climate Change Program

September 9, 2016

United States
The Foreign Policy Legacy of the Obama Administration

Experts discuss the foreign policy initiatives of the Obama administration, its successes and failures, and the issues that will become President Obama's lasting legacy.

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Event by Daniel W. Drezner, Michael Mandelbaum, David Milne, and Amy S. Davidson Lessons From History

October 5, 2009

Congresses and Parliaments
A Conversation with Ashton B. Carter

In a time of increasingly scarce resources, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) will be reevaluating spending and reprioritizing defense projects. Please join Ashton B. Carter to discuss the Obama a…

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Event by Lynn E. Davis