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October 11, 2023

Ukraine
The Case for Rebuilding Ukraine

On this episode of Why It Matters, experts discuss the unprecedented damage in Ukraine and who pays for post-war reconstruction efforts.

Podcast Ukrainian woman looks at rubble of destroyed building.

October 10, 2023

Nigeria
Paper Truths and Counterfeit Lives

The furor over Nigerian President Bola Tinubu’s academic records is less about his person and more about the character of Nigerian society.  

Former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and Nigeria's newly declared winner of 2023 presidential election, Bola Tinubu stand side by side holding a certificate.

September 28, 2023

Health Policy and Initiatives
PEPFAR Reauthorization Struggle, Banned Books Week, Slovakia Democracy Test, and More

Important provisions of the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) could expire due to partisan divisions, threatening a widely successful initiative; libraries take part in U.S. Ba…

Podcast U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks on PEPFAR at World AIDS Day event in Washington, U.S. on December 2, 2022

September 27, 2023

Belarus
The Belarus-Russia Alliance: An Axis of Autocracy in Eastern Europe

Russia has renewed its long-stalled push for unification with Belarus, using the country as a launchpad for its war against Ukraine and a hardening bulwark against NATO rivals to the west.

Presidents Aleksandr Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin.

September 18, 2023

Economics
CEO Speaker Series With Mathias Döpfner

Mathias Döpfner discusses global trade, political polarization, the role of media in foreign policy, and lessons learned as chairman and CEO of Axel Springer SE, a multinational media company and own…

Play Mathias Döpfner speaking at an event

August 23, 2023

China
Beijing's Global Media Offensive: China’s Uneven Campaign to Influence Asia and the World

In Beijing's Global Media Offensive: China’s Uneven Campaign to Influence Asia and the World, CFR's Joshua Kurlantzick analyzes China's attempts to become a media, information, and influence superpow…

Teaching Notes Image for Beijing's Global Media Offensive

July 24, 2023

Russia
How Frozen Russian Assets Could Pay for Rebuilding in Ukraine

Will Ukraine’s international backers use billions of dollars in seized Russian assets to support rebuilding the war-ravaged country?

A rescuer wipes their face while working in a residential building heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike, in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

July 20, 2023

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
The President’s Inbox Recap: Assessing the NATO Summit

The 2023 NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, unified its members.

Biden and Niinisto as seen shaking hand sbehind a speaker podium.