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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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October 28, 2022
United Kingdom
The Prime Minister’s Inbox: The United Kingdom and the Challenges Ahead
Following the resignation of Liz Truss and selection of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, panelists discuss the economic and political challenges facing the United Kingdom (UK), including calls for a gener…
December 7, 2017
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
The Palestinian Violence is Not Spontaneous
There were widespread "predictions" that President Trump's decision on Jerusalem would "lead to violence." I use the quotation marks because many of those "predictions" were actually threats. When so…
July 3, 2020
Politics and Government
Five Movie Biographies Worth Watching
Each Friday this summer, we suggest foreign-policy-themed movies worth watching. This week: films about people who changed the course of world history.
December 16, 2022
2022 in Review
Video: Seven Most Significant World Events in 2022
It was a year marked by political tumult, spiking major-power tensions, economic challenges, a waning pandemic, and a war that echoed worldwide.
August 30, 2022
Syria
The Conflict in Syria and the Failure of International Law to Protect People Globally
On the occasion of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, David Scheffer, International Francqui Professor (Spring 2022) at KU Leuven, reviews Jeremy Sarkin’s latest book ‘T…