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February 29, 2024

United Nations
Funding the United Nations: How Much Does the U.S. Pay?

Many UN agencies, programs, and missions receive crucial funding from the United States. The Trump administration sharply reduced funding to some UN agencies, but President Biden has largely reversed…

A child peeks out from a blue and white tent managed by the UN refugee agency.

February 27, 2024

Energy and Environment
Financing the Clean Industrial Revolution

Panelists discuss private capital’s role in leading the clean energy transition and what it takes to establish a redeployment of steady capital investing in decarbonization. 

Play Solar energy fields and wind turbines seen from the air in foggy conditions during an autumn morning

February 27, 2024

Asia
Taiwan’s 2024 Election Outcomes: Balancing Domestic Challenges and International Relations

This blog post originated from a recent discussion by Professor Syaru Shirley Lin in the Winston Lord Roundtable Series on Asia, the Rule of Law, and U.S. Foreign Policy, where she debriefed the rece…

Taiwan President-elect Lai Ching-te, of Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) gestures as he attends a rally following the victory in the presidential elections, in Taipei, Taiwan January 13, 2024.

February 23, 2024

Ukraine
C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics With Wally Adeyemo

As the two-year mark of the Russian invasion of Ukraine approaches, U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo discusses the U.S. coalition’s sanctions strategy, its effectiveness, and the challeng…

Play Profile of U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo looking to the right

February 20, 2024

Ukraine
Virtual Media Briefing: The Two-Year Anniversary of the War in Ukraine

As the war in Ukraine approaches its second anniversary on February 24, experts from the Council on Foreign Relations discuss the current state of the war, its long-term impact on the international o…

Play Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy listens a report of a Ukrainian serviceman.

February 14, 2024

United States
C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics With Austan Goolsbee

Austan Goolsbee of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago discusses the U.S. economy and monetary policy. The C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics brings the world’s foremost economic…

Play Austan Goolsbee speaking during a news briefing at the White House in 2011.

February 7, 2024

United States
Seeking Protection: How the U.S. Asylum Process Works

Record numbers of migrants seeking to cross the southern U.S. border are challenging the Joe Biden administration’s attempts to restore asylum protections. Here’s how the asylum process works.

U.S. Border Patrol processes migrants seeking asylum in Yuma, Arizona.

February 1, 2024

Middle East Program
Virtual Media Briefing: the Drone Strike on a U.S. Base in Jordan

Following the drone strike on a U.S. base in Jordan, panelists discuss the possibility of a U.S. military response as well as the implications of conflict spreading in the region.  BRANNEN: Thanks…

Play President Biden briefed after drone attack in Jordan

January 5, 2024

United States
Campaign Roundup: The Third Anniversary of the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: Americans are divided over the meaning of January 6. 

Capitol Noose

December 12, 2023

China
The Evolving U.S.-China Relationship: A Conversation with Ambassador Nicholas Burns

U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns discusses the evolving U.S.-China relationship and the strategic opportunities and challenges it presents for both countries and the world. The C.V. Starr &…

Play U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns speaks during a climate finance roundtable discussion at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing.