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March 8, 2021

Human Rights
The Biden Administration Agenda on Global Women’s Issues

The Joe Biden administration has announced it will establish the first-ever White House Gender Policy Council to coordinate federal efforts to advance gender equity and equality at home and abroad.  …

Play White House Press Secretary Psaki holds the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington

October 8, 2020

Public Health Threats and Pandemics
Report Launch of CFR Independent Task Force on Preparing for the Next Pandemic

The United States and the world were unprepared for the COVID-19 pandemic, despite decades of warnings highlighting the inevitability of global pandemics and the need for international coordination. …

Play A French doctor, wearing a protective suit and a face mask, administers a nasal swab to a patient at a testing site for coronavirus disease

September 22, 2020

North Korea
The Future of U.S. Policy Toward North Korea

This workshop, held with generous support from the Sejong Institute, brings together prominent U.S. and South Korean specialists to discuss what can be done to break the diplomatic stalemate with Nor…

Play North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump walking side by side.

July 15, 2020

Maternal and Child Health
The Emptying Planet: The Global Impact of Declining Fertility Rates, A Virtual Roundtable

Most countries outside of sub-Saharan Africa are projected to enter a period of sustained low fertility and a decline in the working age populations. Speakers Drs. Natalia Kanem and Christopher Murra…

Play Pregnant woman, wearing a floral shirt, touches her stomach.

June 25, 2020

Race and Ethnicity
Reporting on Racial Inequality

Danielle Kilgo, the John and Elizabeth Bates Cowles professor of journalism, diversity, and equality at the Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota, Twin Ci…

Play Demonstrators face police officers around Black Lives Matter Plaza during racial inequality protests near the White House in Washington, U.S., June 23, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis - RC2CFH99HWC0