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January 24, 2020

Elections and Voting
Cyber Week in Review: January 24, 2020

Cyber Command documents detail campaign to counter ISIS in cyberspace; Conflicting arguments surround the alleged hacking of Jeff Bezos’ phone; Suzhou uses facial recognition to shame pajama wearers;…

 Jeff Bezos, president and CEO of Amazon and owner of The Washington Post, speaks at the Economic Club of Washington DC's "Milestone Celebration Dinner."

April 9, 2012

Trade
Morning Brief: Rising Profits Not Powering Employment Growth

The Wall Street Journal reports that large firms are more profitable and efficient than before the recession, but most of their new jobs and profits are overseas. The analysis of the financial report…

Stock board on the floor of the New York Stock Exchanging showing rise in the Dow Jones Industrial Average on November, 30 2011. (Brendan McDermid/Courtesy Reuters)

October 18, 2023

Russia
CFR Fellows' Book Launch Series: Getting Russia Right by Thomas Graham

As U.S.-Russian relations scrape the depths of Cold War antagonism, the promise of partnership that beguiled American administrations during the first post-Soviet decades increasingly appears to have…

Play National flags of Russia and the U.S. fly at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia.

January 22, 2024

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
A Conversation With Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah BouHabib

Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah BouHabib discusses developments in the Middle East, increasing tensions with Israel, and Lebanon’s perspective on the conflict and ongoing efforts to deescalate ten…

Play Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah BouHabib speaking at a podium.

June 10, 2020

Human Trafficking
COVID-19, Migrant Labor, and the Case for Labor Recruitment Reform

This post is part of the Council on Foreign Relations’ blog series on human trafficking, in which CFR fellows and other leading experts assess new approaches to improve U.S. and global efforts to cur…

Ethiopian domestic workers wearing masks stand with their belongings in front of the Ethiopian consulate in Lebanon, June 8, 2020.

January 9, 2024

China
The Future of China and China-U.S. Relations: A Conversation With Liu Jianchao

Forty-five years after the United States and China formalized relations, Minister Liu Jianchao discusses the two countries’ current relationship and the implications of the recent meeting between the…

Play Liu Jianchao speaking at a news conference in Beijing with arm raised.

September 21, 2023

Iraq
A Conversation With Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani of Iraq

Prime Minister Shia’ al-Sudani discusses Iraq-U.S. relations, Iraq’s foreign policy priorities, and geopolitical and security trends in the region.

Play Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani at his first regular session of the Council of Ministers in Baghdad, Iraq.