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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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September 22, 2016
Global
Global Hearts: Confronting the Cardiovascular Disease Crisis
Experts discuss the growing crisis of noncommunicable diseases, specifically cardiovascular diseases, and the initiatives by the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prev…
March 29, 2012
Middle East and North Africa
The Arab Uprisings: How Did We Get Here?
Margaret MacMillan, warden at University of Oxford's St. Antony's College and professor of history at University of Toronto, gives an overview of the Arab uprisings and discusses the historical conte…
April 18, 2019
Infectious Diseases
The Simple Solution That Saved Fifty-Four Million Lives
In 1968, two recent U.S. medical school graduates working in Dhaka, Bangladesh, developed oral rehydration solution—a mixture of water, sugar, and salt—that the British medical journal the Lancet has…
November 17, 2011
United States
Education and U.S. Competitiveness
Please join Michael Barber and Margaret Spellings to discuss the state of elementary and secondary education in the U.S., focusing on workforce development and the preparedness of American students i…
April 12, 2012
Education
U.S. Education Reform and National Security: Report of a CFR-Sponsored Independent Task Force
Task Force co-chair Joel I. Klein and member Margaret Spellings discuss the findings and recommendations of the CFR-sponsored Independent Task Force report on U.S. Education Reform and National Secur…