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April 17, 2024

Indo-Pacific
Reflecting on a Changing Indo-Pacific: A Conversation With Admiral John Aquilino

Admiral John Aquilino discusses his work as commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, as well as the security challenges in the Indo-Pacific region, solutions to deliver integrated deterrence, and …

Play The Nimitz-class aircraft carriers USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), and USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) (rear) conduct dual aircraft carrier strike group operations in the Indo-Asia-Pacific in Philippine Sea.

April 10, 2024

Public Health Threats and Pandemics
Academic Webinar: Global Health Security and Diplomacy

Yanzhong Huang, senior fellow for global health at CFR, and Rebecca Katz, professor and director of the Center for Global Health Science and Security at Georgetown University, lead the conversation o…

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April 8, 2024

Sexual Violence
Arthur C. Helton Memorial Lecture: Preventing and Addressing Sexual Violence in Conflict

The United Nations recognized rape as a war crime in 2008 through the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1820. Despite this step, sexual violence remains a widespread practice in wars and con…

Play Sheryl Sandberg at an event at the Council on Foreign Relations

April 8, 2024

Vietnam
Vietnamese Politics Tries to Pretend its Placid—But It’s Not

The Vietnamese government tries to project an air of stability and competency, but recent corruption scandals and a looming succession crisis have tarnished the leadership’s image.

Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong stands in front of American and Viertnamese flags while looking at the camera wearing a black suit and maroon tie.

March 29, 2024

United States
Joseph Lieberman, R.I.P.

The late Sen. Joseph Lieberman was a model of how public life should be conducted, and an important figure in American Jewish history.

March 29, 2024

United States
Election 2024: Are Republicans Turning Isolationist?

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: Many Republicans have lost faith in their party’s traditional embrace of internationalism.

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March 29, 2024

Technology and Innovation
Cyber Week in Review: March 29, 2024

OMB issues new draft AI guidance; UK and U.S. accuse China of cyberattacks; Meta spied on Snapchat for three years; European Commission investigates four companies; Taiwan declares TikTok a national …

Giovanna Gonzalez of Chicago demonstrates outside the U.S. Capitol following a press conference by TikTok creators to voice their opposition to a bill that would ban the app on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

March 27, 2024

Defense Technology
Malcolm and Carolyn Wiener Annual Lecture on Science and Technology With Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Frank Whitworth

Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), Vice Admiral Frank “Trey” Whitworth, discusses the future of the NGA and how the agency is addressing new threats, strategic defense com…

Play An F/A-18F Super Hornet jet flies over the USS Gerald R. Ford as the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier tests its new launch and flight arrest systems.

March 26, 2024

Defense and Security
The U.S. Navy Has a Nuclear Workforce Problem

Grueling work, financial stress, and shifting values are pushing too many of the navy’s nuclear personnel out of the service. Here’s how it can turn things around.

Sailors man the rails aboard Nimitz-class nuclear aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) at the Port of San Diego.

March 25, 2024

Indonesia
Five Things to Expect from a Prabowo Presidency

Prabowo Subianto was named the winner of the Indonesian presidential election. But it is unclear which version of Prabowo—the more moderate candidate from the campaign trail or the self-styled strong…

Indonesian president-elect wears a white button-down shirt and traditional black hat as he raises his fist in the air and holds a microphone in the other hand.