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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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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.
April 11, 2019
France
A Conversation with François Villeroy de Galhau
Governor Villeroy discusses economic and financial developments in France and the European Union, monetary challenges for 2019, and related risks.
March 7, 2024
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Ramadan Cease-Fire Prospects, Portugal’s Snap Election, Oscars Go International, and More
Negotiators attempt to establish a six-week cease-fire and hostage exchange deal between Israel and Hamas before the start of the sacred Islamic month of Ramadan; Portugal holds a snap parliamentary …
April 16, 2024
Iran
Virtual Media Briefing: Iran's Attack on Israel and the Threat of Escalation
CFR experts discuss Iran’s attack on Israel and the escalation of the conflict. FROMAN: Well, thanks very much. Thanks, everybody, for joining. And thank you to our six senior fellows here who’ve …
July 31, 2014
Austria
TWE Remembers: The Assassination of Jean Jaurès
Yesterday’s post noted that the 1916 Black Tom explosion raises a great “what if” question: would Woodrow Wilson have lost his bid for re-election that fall if Americans had known that German saboteu…
March 21, 2024
United States
Women Voters’ Pivotal Role in Electing the Next U.S. President
The 2024 U.S. presidential election could be the first election clearly decided by women, in a landmark assertion of power by the majority.
May 7, 2012
Defense and Security
Hello, François Hollande: President of France
Streaks are made to be broken. After seventeen years on the outside looking in, a Socialist Party candidate has finally returned to the French presidency. François Hollande defeated Nicolas Sarkozy b…
