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May 7, 2020

The IMF and COVID-19—How to Relieve Emerging Economies

Please join our panelists for a conversation on the International Monetary Fund (IMF), its lending capacity, and the tools it can leverage to provide relief for emerging markets during the COVID-19 p…

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Virtual Event by Gita Gopinath, Kenneth S. Rogoff, Adam Tooze, and Gillian Tett

November 19, 2020

Nigeria
Nigerian Security Forces and the Dangers of a Violence-First Approach

On October 20, 2020, Nigerians watched in horror on social media as men suspected to be members of the military opened fire on peaceful #EndSARS protesters—a movement responding to a litany of abuses by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).

A pair of military officers are seen walking towards a group of young men on the street in Nigeria. One man has both arms raised.
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for John Campbell Africa in Transition

January 13, 2012

North Korea
Leadership Transition in North Korea

On December 17, 2011, Kim Jong-il's seventeen-year rule came to an end as he reportedly succumbed to a heart attack. Nearly fifty hours after the event, the North Korean propaganda apparatus sprang i…

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Report by Ken Gause

October 27, 2017

Democracy
Public Perspectives Toward Democracy

I was recently featured on a panel with Katie Simmons and Ken Wollack, moderated by Bruce Stokes, that discussed global public opinion toward democracy amid the rise of populists and autocrats, and t…

A woman carrying her child casts her vote during general elections in the district of Poroy in Cuzco, April 10, 2016.
Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick The Internationalist

September 21, 2023

Malaysia
A Conversation With Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim of Malaysia

RUBIN: OK. (Laughs.) Good afternoon. I’m Bob Rubin. I’m co-chair emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations. And it is my enormous privilege to welcome an old personal friend to the Council today, …

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Virtual Event by Anwar Ibrahim, Mariko Silver, and Robert E. Rubin