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May 6, 2021

Energy and Environment
U.S.-Canada Pipeline Dispute, Harris and AMLO Talk Migration, and More

A major fuel pipeline from Canada to the United States could be shut down, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) meet virtually to discuss migrati…

Podcast A 42-inch green pipe is moved into position under an existing 26-inch pipe October 3, 2000 in Howell, Michigan, 60 miles north of Detroit. The pipeline will carry natural gas from Canada to the northeastern U.S. The demand for cleaner natural gas, estimated to be growing at 1.8% a year, is requiring more energy infrastructure to be built. At present, the U.S. has 270,000 miles of interstate gas pipelines in place.

May 18, 2023

Syria
Syria Returns to the Arab League, G7 Summit in Japan, UN Discussions on North Korea, and More

The Arab League summit marks the return of Syria and its president, Bashar al-Assad; Japan hosts the leaders of the Group of Seven democracies in Hiroshima, Japan, with concerns over China and Russia…

Podcast Syria's President al-Assad attends the opening ceremony of the Arab summit in Riyadh in 2007

July 30, 2019

Central America
Central American Migration, With Paul J. Angelo

Paul J. Angelo, fellow for Latin America Studies at CFR, discusses with James M. Lindsay the causes and repercussions of migration from the Northern Triangle countries of Guatemala, El Salvador, and …

Podcast Migrants from Honduras en route to the United States.

August 4, 2020

Rohingya
The Rohingya Refugee Crisis, With Meenakshi Ganguly

Meenakshi Ganguly, South Asia director at Human Rights Watch, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the abuses against Muslim Rohingya from Myanmar.

Podcast A Rohingya refugee stands next to a pond in the early morning at the Balukhali refugee camp near Cox's Bazar.

April 27, 2023

Hungary
Syria-Turkey Relations, Israel’s Ongoing Domestic Tensions, the Pope Visits Hungary, and More

Iran and Russia aim to broker a rapprochement between Syria and Turkey; the Israeli Knesset begins its summer session in the face of mass protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposed…

Podcast A billboard welcomes Pope Francis ahead of his visit to Budapest, Hungary, April 25, 2023. Billboard reads "Welcome, Pope Francis"

March 9, 2023

United Kingdom
UK-France Summit, 3 Years of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Foreign Films at the Oscars, and More

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak meets with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris to discuss migration, trade, security, and other issues; the world enters the fourth year since the World Health Org…

Podcast People walk next to a COVID-19 testing site in New York

September 24, 2015

Global
The World Next Week: September 24, 2015

The UN holds a special meeting on migration and refugees; Hong Kong marks one year since pro-democracy protests began and the new U.S. fiscal year begins.

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April 7, 2022

Europe
France’s Presidential Election, ‘Stand Up For Ukraine’ Pledging Event, and More

France has the first round of its presidential election, Warsaw holds a global pledging event for Ukrainian refugees and internally displaced persons, and Pakistan faces a constitutional crisis.

Podcast French President Emmanuel Macron leaves the polling booth by pulling an anti-covid curtain before he votes at the polling station in Le Touquet, for the first round of the French regional elections on June 20, 2021.

March 18, 2021

Elections and Voting
Another Israeli Election, U.S.-Mexico Border Crisis, and More

Israel holds its fourth election in two years, the United States faces a mounting migration crisis at its border with Mexico, and Germany’s chancellor, Angela Merkel, meets with regional premiers.

Podcast  Central American immigrants approach the U.S.-Mexico border fence after crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico on February 01, 2019 in El Paso, Texas. They later turned themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents, seeking political asylum in the United States.

November 15, 2022

Climate Change
What Climate Change Means for the Sahel, With Beza Tesfaye

In this special series of The President’s Inbox on climate change, Beza Tesfaye, director of Research and Learning for Migration and Climate Change at Mercy Corps and senior associate for the Project…

Podcast Residents make their way through a flooded street after heavy rains in Yoff, district of Dakar