August 20, 2019
United StatesEvery year CFR.org editor Bob McMahon and I record a summer reading episode of CFR’s “The World Next Week” podcast. We usually do it in June as we entertain visions of leisurely summer days yet to co…
August 19, 2019
Election 2020Fact can be more interesting than fiction. In 2000, a high school senior won the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library’s annual Profiles in Courage essay contest by extolling the virtues of the countr…
August 14, 2019
AfghanistanU.S. officials say that they are close to reaching a deal with the Taliban, but peace in Afghanistan would still not be guaranteed.
August 7, 2019
Climate ChangePacific island nations under threat from rising sea levels can translate geopolitical competition in the region into climate action.
September 19, 2019
EuropeSabine Lautenschläger discusses Eurozone conditions and the European Central Bank's economic tools, as well as the effects of U.S. trade policy on the global economy. The C. Peter McColough Series…
March 3, 2010
GlobalThe C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics is presented by the Corporate Program and the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies.
July 23, 2019
North KoreaThe Chinese view an expanding North Korean nuclear program as hastening the erosion of American credibility throughout Asia, and eventually contributing to China’s assumption of the role of regional …
July 24, 2019
Public Health Threats and PandemicsEndemic to the African tropics, the Ebola virus has killed thousands in recent years, putting the World Health Organization and major donor countries in the limelight as they’ve grappled with how to …
July 8, 2019
ChinaIf North Korean nuclear proliferation was intended by China to reduce the U.S. presence in the Pacific, that strategy has backfired.
February 15, 2019
EconomicsBenoît Cœuré discusses the European Central Bank, financial regulation, and the international role of the euro.
