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June 18, 2021

Global
The World Next Week: What to Read This Summer

Each year CFR.org managing editor Bob McMahon and I take a break from the news on The World Next Week to record a special episode of our summer reading recommendations. That episode is now live. This…

Three books side by side: Missionaries by Phil Klay with a yellow cover with blue planes; The Price of Peace by Zachary Carter with a tan cover and man sitting on an arm chair; and This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends by Nicole Perlroth with a black cover.

January 6, 2021

COVID-19
Vaccine Diplomacy: China and SinoPharm in Africa

On December 3, John Nkengasong, director, Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), announced a 60 percent vaccination target—one estimate of the level needed to achieve herd immunity from COVID-19—in Africa’s fifty-four countries.

A presentation of a vaccine under development by SinoPharm, a Chinese company, that is to be used to provide immunity against COVID-19

December 7, 2020

Technology and Innovation
Is Global Antitrust Up to the Challenge of Big Tech?

Global antitrust regulators are gearing up for their most sweeping effort to reign in big tech. History indicates that it won’t be easy.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks via video conference during a hearing of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law.

November 13, 2020

Cybersecurity
Cyber Week in Review: November 13, 2020

EU announces Amazon antitrust charges; New EU regulations on surveillance tech; China debuts potential anti-monopoly rules; New regulations for telecoms providers in the Netherlands; and What is happ…

Jack Ma, co-founder and executive chairman of Alibaba Group.

November 10, 2020

United States
Happy 245th Birthday to the United States Marine Corps!

The U.S. Marine Corps turns 245 years-old today. On November 10, 1775, the Continental Congress adopted a resolution to create a Marine force composed of two battalions. Since then, the Marines have …

Marines