Listen to Matthew J. Slaughter, adjunct senior fellow for business and globalization at CFR, discuss U.S. trade priorities for the next administration as part of CFR's State and Local Officials Confe…

Listen to Senior Fellow for Japan Studies Sheila Smith give a preview of the parliamentary election to take place in Japan on August 30, and discuss its potential outcomes for both Japan and the Uni…

Council on Foreign Relations 4/3 Academic Conference Call on Japan's defense priorities and its reliance on U.S. security.

Council on Foreign Relations 9/14/16 Academic Conference Call on Political Corruption and Instability in Brazil with Matthew Taylor

Council on Foreign Relations 3/8/12 Academic Conference Call on Japan: One Year Later with Sheila Smith

Council on Foreign Relations 4/23/15 Academic Conference Call on Japanese Domestic Politics and China's Rise with Sheila Smith

Council on Foreign Relations 10/22/14 Academic Conference Call on The Future of Guantanamo Bay with Matthew Waxman

Listen to CFR Senior Fellow Sheila Smith discuss the implications of implications of the surprise collapse of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's government.

As fighting continues in Libya between anti- and pro-government forces, the Obama administration has warned that it is considering all options, including military intervention. Conflict prevention ex…

The devastation wreaked by Japan's worst-ever earthquake and the accompanying tsunami continues to widen. Japan expert Sheila Smith and nuclear expert Michael Levi discuss the energy, political and e…