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May 13, 2024

Defense and Security
Robert B. McKeon Endowed Series on Military Strategy and Leadership

The U.S. military service chiefs discuss U.S. defense priorities around the world and the state of the American armed forces. The Robert B. McKeon Endowed Series on Military Strategy and Leadershi…

Play The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely, steams ahead of the Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall during a maneuvering exercise.
Virtual Event by Randy A. George, Eric M. Smith, Lisa Franchetti, David W. Allvin, B. Chance Saltzman, Linda Fagan, and Michael Froman

October 13, 2023

Inequality
Women This Week: Nobel Prize Winner Highlights Gender Pay Gap

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers October 7 to October 13.

Women carry shopping bags while walking in the working-class neighbourhood Villa Fiorito, in Buenos Aires, Argentina October 9, 2023.
Blog Post by Noël James Women Around the World

April 15, 2021

Education
School Policy Decisions During COVID-19

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, speaks on the considerations schools face in terms of reopening, taking into account their individual needs as well as public healt…

Play Louise Elementary School teacher Lori Heard teaches her students in a classroom with plastic partitions, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Louise, Texas, U.S., November 20, 2020.
Webinar by Jacob Carpenter, Randi Weingarten, and Irina A. Faskianos Local Journalists Webinars

May 29, 2007

Emerging Markets
Private capital now flows to places that don’t need it

The World Bank’s annual report on capital flows to developing countries highlights two facts that shouldn’t be much of a surprise: Developing economies – the World Bank’s definitions leaves out th…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

December 16, 2021

Aging, Youth Bulges, and Population
Is Population Change a Problem?

Birth rates are booming in some countries and plummeting in others. Leading demographer Nicholas Eberstadt and Richard Haass analyze the most important trends and their consequences.

Podcast Predictive model of population growth
Podcast by Richard Haass Nine Questions for the World

September 9, 2011

United States
Education Reform and U.S. Competitiveness

How should the United States reform its K-12 education system to retain global competitiveness? Four experts say reforms revolve around teachers.

Expert Roundup by Jayshree Bajoria, Craig R. Barrett, Diane Ravitch, Randi Weingarten, and Steven Brill Renewing America