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June 13, 2023

U.S. Department of Defense
The U.S. Military Recruiting Crisis, With Nora Bensahel

Nora Bensahel, a visiting professor of strategic studies and senior fellow of the Merrill Center at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, sits down with James M. Lindsay to disc…

Podcast U.S. military recruits are sworn at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado, on November 5, 2022.

June 16, 2023

Defense and Security
The President's Inbox Recap: The U.S. Military Recruiting Crisis

The size of the U.S. armed forces is shrinking, but not by choice.

New U.S. Army trainees in a line as seen saluting.

November 13, 2023

Human Rights
Virtual Media Briefing: International Law and the Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza

The Council on Foreign Relations hosts experts to discuss recent developments on the humanitarian crisis and to analyze the laws of war and human rights in Gaza. 

Play Palestinians fleeing north Gaza ride an animal-drawn cart as they move southward.

August 10, 2021

Cuba
What's Next for Cuba?

Panelists discuss what sparked recent protests in Cuba, how the Cuban government has responded, and what policy options the Biden administration might take to address the situation.

Play People hold Cuba's national flag during protests against and in support of the government, in Havana

December 4, 2015

Egypt
Weekend Reading: Egypt’s Jews, Lebanon’s Mukhtars, and Saudi Arabia’s Women

Hanin Ghaddar talks to Magda Haroun, head of Cairo’s Jewish community, about her people’s legacy to Egypt. Nora Stel explores the role of mukhtars—elected neighborhood- or village-level state repres…

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