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July 26, 2023

Sri Lanka
What Sri Lanka Wants in the Indo-Pacific

As the United States advances its Indo-Pacific strategy, its collaboration with Sri Lanka will be critical to the larger task of building partnerships, resilience, security, and prosperity in the reg…

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken welcomes Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Ali Sabry for bilateral meetings at the State Department in Washington.

July 17, 2023

Cybersecurity
New Entries in the CFR Cyber Operations Tracker: Q2 2023

An update of the Council on Foreign Relations' Cyber Operations Tracker for the period between April and June 2023.

A graphic of the Cyber Operations Tracker.

June 8, 2023

United States
The U.S. Has Every Reason It Needs to Drop the Debt Ceiling—Both at Home and Abroad

For other countries that scramble to find resources to repay their debts, it is inconceivable that the United States, which borrows in its own currency at low rates from investors around the world—vo…

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May 3, 2023

Economics
Getting Debt Restructuring Terms Right

State contingent instruments can play a role in debt restructuring agreements, but they shouldn’t be a give-away to investors.  There is a compelling case for their use in Zambia—but not in Sri Lanka…

Andrea Shalal moderates an IMF roundtable on tackling public debt with Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, Director, Strategy, Policy and Review Department IMF, Felix Nkulukusa, Secretary to the Treasury, Zambia, Marco Buti, Head of Cabinet of European Commission and Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, Director and Economic Counsellor, Research Department, IMF, during IMF Spring Meetings at the International Monetary Fund Building in Washington, U.S.

May 3, 2023

United Kingdom
Is the Commonwealth Under King Charles III Still Relevant?

The coronation of King Charles, the sovereign of the Commonwealth, calls into question the role of the British monarch on the world stage.

The Gold State Coach is ridden alongside members of the military during a full overnight dress rehearsal of the coronation ceremony of Britain’s King Charles III.