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March 4, 2024

Haiti
Haiti’s Troubled Path to Development

Hobbled by foreign interventions, political instability, and natural disasters, the former French colony is paralyzed by multiple crises.

A Haitian girl walks through a garbage-filled ravine in Port-au-Prince.
Backgrounder by Diana Roy and Rocio Cara Labrador

February 16, 2024

United Kingdom
Moving Past the Troubles: The Future of Northern Ireland Peace

The Good Friday Agreement has dampened sectarian conflict and brought stability to Northern Ireland, but the peace deal has been challenged by Brexit-related border tensions that have thrown the regi…

A peace mural adorns a building in a loyalist neighborhood of Belfast
Backgrounder by Charles Landow and James McBride

December 6, 2023

United States
COP28 Can Deliver Progress on Climate Change, but Will It?

Committed global action at every level of government, the economy, and society is needed to tackle such a complex, multifaceted challenge, and a growing awareness that time is running out should help…

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Article by A. Michael Spence Renewing America

December 5, 2023

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
U.S. Community Responses to the Israel-Hamas War

Farah Pandith, adjunct senior fellow at CFR, discusses the Israel-Hamas war and its implications for Israeli and Palestinian communities in the United States. Niraj Warikoo, reporter at the Detroit F…

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Webinar by Farah Pandith, Niraj Warikoo, and Irina A. Faskianos Local Journalists Webinars

November 30, 2023

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Covering the Israel-Hamas War: A View From Journalists

Journalists who have lived and reported extensively from the Middle East share their insights and perspectives on covering the Israel-Hamas war.

Play Press and children walk inside Al-Aqsa hospital
Virtual Event by David R. Ignatius, Rami G. Khouri, Bel Trew, and Christopher Isham

November 13, 2023

Human Rights
Virtual Media Briefing: International Law and the Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza

The Council on Foreign Relations hosts experts to discuss recent developments on the humanitarian crisis and to analyze the laws of war and human rights in Gaza. 

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Virtual Event by Steven A. Cook, David J. Scheffer, Sarah Yager, and Michael Froman Media Briefings

November 3, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Cyber Week in Review: November 3, 2023

Biden signs executive order on AI; SEC sues SolarWinds over 2020 hack; UK hosts AI Safety Summit; Forty nine countries pledge to not pay ransomware gangs; Indian opposition members targeted with spyw…

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak attends the second day of the UK AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park on November 2, 2023
Blog Post by Kat Duffy, Kyle Fendorf, and Eva Schwartz Net Politics

November 2, 2023

Global
What Are the UN Sustainable Development Goals?

The United Nation’s ambitious development agenda aims to protect people and the planet via seventeen goals. But experts say governments aren’t doing enough to implement them.

Students attend a lesson at a school in the Tillabéri region of Niger.
Backgrounder by Clara Fong and Diana Roy

October 14, 2023

Lebanon
What Is Hezbollah?

Military experience gained from fighting in Syria’s civil war and decades of clashes with Israel has strengthened the Iran-backed group, but politically, its clout among Lebanon’s populace may be wan…

A crowd of Hezbollah supporters surrounds a giant model of a fist holding a gun.
Backgrounder by Kali Robinson

October 12, 2023

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
CFR Virtual Public Forum: Update on the Israel-Hamas War

FROMAN: Good afternoon. Welcome to today’s Public Forum hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations. My name is Mike Froman. I am president of the Council, and I’ll be presiding over today’s discussio…

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Webinar by Steven A. Cook, Michael Froman, Farah Pandith, and Ray Takeyh Home and Abroad Series