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February 8, 2019

Economics
2019 Robert B. Menschel Economics Symposium

Although the global rate of extreme poverty is at a historic low, the pace of poverty reduction is slowing and the World Bank estimates that more than 700 million people still live on less than $1.90…

March 16, 2023

Israel
Israel and the Debate Over the Role of the Judiciary in Democratic Government

The Israeli debate on judicial reform involves issues unique to that country's political system, but also raises questions that every democracy must address. What are the proper powers of courts and …

People hold Israeli flags during a demonstration as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's nationalist coalition government presses on with its contentious judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 11, 2023.

March 21, 2023

North Korea
North Korea’s Foreign Policy: The Kim Jong-un Regime in a Hostile World

In North Korea’s Foreign Policy: The Kim Jong-un Regime in a Hostile World, CFR’s Scott A. Snyder and University of British Columbia’s Kyung-Ae Park offer a robust examination of North Korean foreign…

Teaching Notes image for North Korea's Foreign Policy.

March 20, 2023

Democracy
The Long Shadow of the Iraq War: Lessons and Legacies Twenty Years Later

On March 20, 2003, I found myself bobbing offshore along Iraq’s tiny coastline in a raging sandstorm, as a reporter covering the U.S. Navy SEALs and Polish special forces’ operations in the U.S.-led …

A man looks at a mural of former Iraq President Saddam Hussein inside his damaged former palace in Mosul, Iraq, February 19, 2023.

March 20, 2023

Trade
Why the U.S. Trade Office No Longer Runs Trade

A historic mission to facilitate global commerce is out of step with the times.

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai speaks in Brasilia, Brazil

February 13, 2019

Trade
Trump’s Trade Warrior Takes the Fight to Beijing

Robert Lighthizer has been railing against China’s bad behavior for decades. Now, he has a once-in-a-lifetime chance to make it stop.

Robert Lighthizer

March 14, 2022

Ukraine
Ukraine War Should Slow but not Stop the U.S. Pivot to Asia

Avoiding more crises in Europe and the Middle East is the only way American diplomatic and military might can be shifted to where it’s needed most: the Indo-Pacific.

Frenemies.

February 26, 2007

Trade
Is the WTO Dispute Settlement System Fair?

Daniel J. Ikenson and Robert E. Lighthizer debate the mechanism for adjudicating trade arguments.

March 9, 2021

Cybersecurity
Why the SolarWinds Hack Is a Wake-Up Call

The sweeping cyber espionage campaign shows how sophisticated adversaries can bypass even well-defended targets.

November 22, 2021

International Law
A Negotiator's Reliance on the Nuremberg Legacy

This year we commemorate the 75th anniversary of the verdict of the Nuremberg Tribunal: on 30 September and 1 October 1946, the International Military Tribunal (IMT) delivered its Judgement in the tr…