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November 25, 2024

United States
CFR Welcomes Michael Horowitz and Prashant Yadav as Senior Fellows

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is pleased to welcome Michael Horowitz and Prashant Yadav to the David Rockefeller Studies Program, CFR’s in-house think tank. As fellows, they will analyze pre…

October 31, 2024

Development
RealEcon Welcomes Assistant Administrator Michael Schiffer to discuss USAID Priorities in the Indo-Pacific

Bilateral development assistance has long been an important tool of American leadership. But today it faces budgetary constraints and a number of potentially conflicting objectives, including promoti…

USAID Roundtable at CFR.

May 22, 2024

Middle East and North Africa
2024 International Affairs Fellowship Conference: A Conversation With Philip Gordon

Dr. Phil Gordon was the Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (2009–2011) and Special Assistant to the President and White House Coordinator for the Middle East, North Africa…

Play Dr. Phil Gorgon Testifying in Court

December 9, 2024

United States
A Conversation With USAID Administrator Samantha Power: Building Economic Resilience and Advancing Economic Statecraft

In response to new fractures and flashpoints in the global economy and heightened strategic competition, the United States and countries around the world are recalibrating their approaches to economi…

Play U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power speaks atop the Council on Foreign Relation stage.

November 22, 2024

Saudi Arabia
Letter From Saudi Arabia: How the Kingdom Is Focused Inward

The Saudis are determined to prevent the distractions of their dangerous neighborhood from getting in the way of Vision 2030 and the rapid modernization of their country.

View from a skyscraper under construction in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

June 20, 2023

Taiwan
The Future of U.S.-Taiwan Relations, With Susan M. Gordon and Michael G. Mullen

Susan M. Gordon, former principal deputy director of National Intelligence, and Admiral Michael G. Mullen, former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, sit down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the …

Podcast Sailors in the Republic of China Navy walk to position at a navy base in the Penghu Islands, Taiwan, on August 30, 2022.

July 26, 2022

Islamic State
The War Against ISIS, With Michael Gordon

James M. Lindsay sits down with Michael R. Gordon, national security correspondent at the Wall Street Journal, to discuss the U.S. war against ISIS.   

Podcast Kurdish fighters from the People's Protection Units (YPG) run across a street in Raqqa, Syria, July 3, 2017.

December 3, 2024

Energy and Climate Policy
The Dirty Energy Powering AI

What powers artificial intelligence (AI)? As global electricity use is surging, with unprecedented demand coming from an increase in data centers, AI’s dependence on fossil fuels presents a serious i…

Podcast Multi colored server room of data center with multiple racks of computing equipment.