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October 6, 2020

Currency Reserves
The Future of the U.S. Dollar

Panelists discuss the post-COVID-19 role of the U.S. dollar, options for alternative currencies, and the impact of U.S. economic and foreign policy on both.

Play United States one dollar bills are curled and inspected during production at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington.
Virtual Event by Eswar S. Prasad, Carmen M. Reinhart, and Benn Steil

August 18, 2020

Conflict Prevention
Peace, Conflict, and COVID-19

The Center for Preventive Action has created this resource for those seeking information and analysis about the effects of COVID-19 on peace and conflict.

Three men wearing protective clothing and masks--two of whom have guns--stand guard in front of cars parked in the middle of a debris-ridden street during a twenty-four hour curfew in Sanaa, Yemen, on May 6, 2020.
by Center for Preventive Action Center for Preventive Action

August 4, 2020

CFR Master Class Series With Sebastian Mallaby

Please join Sebastian Mallaby for a discussion on the importance of venture capital. Venture capital has been shown to speed the commercialization of science, creating wealth, jobs, and new products …

Play Men wearing protective face masks, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, walk past a stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan,
Virtual Event by Sebastian Mallaby CFR Master Class

July 15, 2020

Maternal and Child Health
The Emptying Planet: The Global Impact of Declining Fertility Rates, A Virtual Roundtable

Most countries outside of sub-Saharan Africa are projected to enter a period of sustained low fertility and a decline in the working age populations. Speakers Drs. Natalia Kanem and Christopher Murra…

Play Pregnant woman, wearing a floral shirt, touches her stomach.
Event by Natalia Kanem and Christopher J. Murray Global Health Program

June 26, 2020

United States
Five Foreign-Policy Movies with Women in the Lead

Each Friday this summer, we suggest foreign-policy-themed movies worth watching. This week: films that feature women at the helm. 

Movies clockwise from the top left: Carve Her Name with Pride/IMDB; Eye in the Sky/Bleecker Street; Paradise Road/SBS; Atomic Blonde/Script; Zero Dark Thirty/Empire; A Private War/IMDB.
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay and Margaret Gach The Water's Edge

May 20, 2020

Conference on Diversity in International Affairs: Leading Organizational Change in a COVID-19 World

Please join us for a discussion on how leaders from different sectors are spearheading organizational change in their respective fields, both through their experiences championing diversity at high-v…

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Virtual Event by Helene D. Gayle, Nicole Y. Lamb-Hale, and Raj Shah Conference on Diversity in International Affairs

May 7, 2020

The IMF and COVID-19—How to Relieve Emerging Economies

Please join our panelists for a conversation on the International Monetary Fund (IMF), its lending capacity, and the tools it can leverage to provide relief for emerging markets during the COVID-19 p…

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Virtual Event by Gita Gopinath, Kenneth S. Rogoff, and Adam Tooze

April 2, 2020

Climate Change
Building a Resilient Tomorrow

Building a Resilient Tomorrow Teaching Notes by Alice C. Hill, Council on Foreign Relations Senior Fellow for Climate Change Policy

Building a Resilient Tomorrow Teaching Notes by Alice C. Hill
Teaching Notes by Alice C. Hill

December 2, 2019

Election 2020
Meet Joe Walsh, Republican Presidential Candidate

Buyer’s remorse. That is perhaps the best description of the situation that former Illinois Congressman and radio talk show host Joe Walsh finds himself in. Back in 2016, he championed Donald Trump’s…

Joe Walsh
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

October 24, 2019

South Africa
Leader of South Africa’s Opposition Quits Party and Parliament

On October 23, Mmusi Maimane resigned as the leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA). His resignation was preceded by that of the DA mayor of Johannesburg, Herman Mashaba on October 21, and immediately followed by that of the party’s federal chairperson, Athol Trollip.

Mmusi Maimane casts his vote at a polling station
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition