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November 7, 2023
Central Africa
CFR Book Launch Series: "The Lumumba Plot" by Stuart Reid
Foreign Affairs Executive Editor Stuart Reid discusses his new book, The Lumumba Plot, which follows the dramatic history of the Congo in 1960 on the edge of its independence from Belgium, the ensuin…
August 1, 2016
Global
The Zika Threat Moves North
The Zika virus is spreading to North America, and U.S. delays in approving research and funding could lead to a public health disaster, write Larry Brilliant and CFR’s Laurie Garrett.
August 24, 2011
Palestinian Territories
Whose Brilliant Idea Was That UN Vote?
For years the Palestinian leadership has taken legal advice from a law professor at Oxford University, Guy Goodwin-Gill. But now it seems that they forgot to consult him before demanding a UN vote on…
October 17, 2023
Central Africa
The Lumumba Plot
A spellbinding work of history that reads like a Cold War spy thriller—about the U.S.-sanctioned plot to assassinate the democratically elected leader of the newly independent Congo.
November 7, 2023
Nigeria
Blood Money
When it comes to wealth transfer, Nigerian Pentecostal churches prefer to keep it all in the family.
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.
April 6, 2006
United States
Rarely do I agree even a little with Larry Lindsey
But I do think Lindsey correctly highlights why the debate on whether the US economy as a whole benefits from low interest rates courtesy of China's central bank is rather beside the point, at least …