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May 13, 2025

El Salvador
The IMF Is Bailing Out El Salvador. It Shouldn’t Be So Lenient on Cryptocurrency.

El Salvador’s bitcoin project risks the country’s economy and the IMF’s credibility.

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele speaks during a ceremony to lay the first stone of Chivo Vet, a veterinary hospital financed with the gains El Salvador has obtained from its bitcoin operations, in Antiguo Cuscatlan, El Salvador November 1, 2021.

February 21, 2023

Ukraine
The Long War in Ukraine, With Samuel Charap and Miranda Priebe

Samuel Charap, a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation, and Miranda Priebe, director of the Center for Analysis of U.S. Grand Strategy and a senior political scientist at the RAND Corpor…

Podcast A Ukrainian serviceman crosses himself in front of the memorial to the Heavenly hundred heroes, who were killed in 2014 during the mass Euromaidan protests, on the Day of Remembrance of Heroes of Heavenly Hundred, on February 20, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine

May 20, 2025

China Strategy Initiative
China in the Taiwan Strait: March 2025

Taiwan President Lai declared China a foreign hostile force and oversaw the island’s first whole-of-society civil defense drill. Taiwan also cracked down on Chinese influencers, spies, and tech compa…

President Lai Ching-te (center) poses for a group photo at Songshan Airport in Taipei, Taiwan, on March 21, 2025. (Ann Wang/Reuters)

May 5, 2025

Sub-Saharan Africa
The Cult of Traoré

Rather than a beacon of hope, Burkinabè tyrant Ibrahim Traoré is a pointer to everything that is wrong with the continent.

A person holds a sign with a picture of Captain Ibrahim Traoré while attending a rally by supporters of Burkina Faso's junta to mark the one-year anniversary of the coup that brought Traoré to power in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on September 29, 2023.

May 2, 2025

Indo-Pacific
The Indo-Pacific: Where Scale Matters

The United States is lagging far behind China when it comes to military supremacy in the Indo-Pacific, where Beijing has increased pressure on long-time U.S. allies and partners.

Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy’s guided-missile frigate Yueyang takes part in a China-Thailand joint naval exercise off the southern port city of Shanwei, China, May 6, 2019.

April 8, 2025

China
Confronting the China Challenge, With Dmitri Alperovitch

Dmitri Alperovitch, co-founder and chairman of Silverado Policy Accelerator, co-founder and former chief technology officer of cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, and author of World on the Brink: How Am…

Podcast A woman holds a cell phone in front of a TV showing a map of Taiwan with target graphics overlayed and a headline in Chinese.

September 11, 2006

Defense and Security
HBO History Makers Series with Samuel R. Berger

5:30 to 6:00 p.m. Reception 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. Meeting

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