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September 19, 2024

Diplomacy and International Institutions
UN Meets in Tense Times, Pager Explosions Rattle Hezbollah, Biden’s Last Quad Summit and More

The UN General Assembly begins its seventy-ninth high-level debate amid questions about its limited role in resolving major conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East; fears of a wider regional war gro…

Podcast United Nations emblem is seen at the United Nations Headquarters building in New York City, United States, on July 16, 2024. Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto/Getty Images

September 18, 2024

Infrastructure
Reporting on Infrastructure Investment

Heidi Crebo-Rediker, adjunct senior fellow in the Center for Geoeconomic Studies at CFR, discusses the state of American infrastructure since the passing of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act…

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September 18, 2024

Global
What Are the UN Sustainable Development Goals?

The United Nations’ ambitious development agenda aims to protect people and the planet via seventeen goals. But experts say governments aren’t doing enough to implement them.

Students attend a lesson at a school in the Tillabéri region of Niger.

September 18, 2024

United States
The Millennium Challenge Corporation at 20: Progress and Prospects

Panelists reflect on the past, present, and future of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) having reached its twentieth anniversary of operation, as well as the future of economic diplomacy and…

Play Millennium Challenge Corporation CEO Alice Albright speaks at podium in Washington, DC, U.S.

September 18, 2024

Nigeria
A Conversation With Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar of Nigeria

Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar of Nigeria discusses emerging issues in the sub-region and across the continent, including Nigeria's foreign policy initiatives and challenges to economic and regional s…

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September 18, 2024

United States
Happy 77th Birthday to the United States Air Force

The United States Air Force marks seventy-seven years of service today. 

USAF B-52 Stratofortress in flight

September 17, 2024

Religion
Religion and Foreign Policy Webinar: Muslim-American Perspectives on U.S. Foreign Policy

Salam al-Marayati, president and cofounder of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, and Nazita Lajevardi, associate professor of political science at Michigan State University, discuss the domestic and …

Play People with flags of various countries in the Middle East gather for a rally held by American Muslims for Palestine calling for a ceasefire in Gaza near the National Museum of African American History and Washington Monument in Washington, U.S.

September 17, 2024

United States
John B. Hurford Memorial Lecture With Timothy Snyder

Historian Timothy Snyder explores the concept of freedom, including what it is, how it has been misunderstood, and why it is worth fighting for both in the United States and globally. The John B. …

Play Timothy Snyder is pictured during an inaugural class at the ULB Universite Libre de Bruxelles, in Brussels, Belgium.

September 16, 2024

United States
CFR Fellows' Book Launch Series: Reagan—His Life and Legend by Max Boot

From best-selling biographer Max Boot comes this revelatory portrait, a decade in the making, of the actor-turned-politician whose telegenic leadership ushered in a transformative conservative era in…

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September 16, 2024

United States
CFR-Brookings Institution Election 2024 Virtual Public Event: What’s at Stake for U.S.-European Relations?

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and the Brookings Institution Foreign Policy Program are collaborating to convene a panel of experts to discuss the foreign, security, and economic policy chall…

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