Council on Foreign Relations

How the U.S. Patrols Its Borders

President Trump sent U.S. troops to the border with Mexico to supplement the work of authorities there. President Biden pledges a new approach as pressures mount along the boundary.

Backgrounder by Amelia Cheatham, Claire Felter and Zachary Laub April 12, 2021

United States

How the U.S. Patrols Its Borders

President Trump sent U.S. troops to the border with Mexico to supplement the work of authorities there. President Biden pledges a new approach as pressures mount along the boundary.

Backgrounder by Amelia Cheatham, Claire Felter and Zachary Laub April 12, 2021

Pharmaceuticals and Vaccines

What Is the World Doing to Distribute COVID-19 Vaccines?

Only a year after the new coronavirus emerged, the first vaccines to protect against it are being administered. But production challenges, vaccine nationalism, and new virus strains are all presenting hurdles.

Backgrounder by Claire Felter March 1, 2021

Pharmaceuticals and Vaccines

What Is the World Doing to Distribute COVID-19 Vaccines?

Backgrounder by Claire Felter March 1, 2021

Economics

C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics With Kristalina Georgieva

Ahead of the annual IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings, please join IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva for a discussion of the economic outlook in the post-pandemic world and the actions needed to drive the recovery. Please note that the meeting will begin with a prerecorded address by the IMF Managing Director, followed by live conversation. The C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics brings the world's foremost economic policymakers and scholars to address members on current topics in international economics and U.S. monetary policy. This meeting series is presented by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies.

Virtual Event with Kristalina Georgieva March 30, 2021 C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics

Economics

C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics With Kristalina Georgieva

Virtual Event with Kristalina Georgieva March 30, 2021 C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics

1 Results for:

March 19, 2006

Homeland Security

Neglected Defense

Overview The withering scrutiny that ports have received in recent weeks has highlighted America’s ongoing state of national vulnerability. In the fifth year since 9/11, federal efforts to enli…

Council Special Report by Stephen E. Flynn and Daniel B. Prieto National Security and Defense Program

Explore More on This Topic

Stephen C. Freidheim Symposium

Experts on this Topic

Stephen Sestanovich

George F. Kennan Senior Fellow for Russian and Eurasian Studies

Stephen Biddle

Adjunct Senior Fellow for Defense Policy

David J. Scheffer

Visiting Senior Fellow

Henri J. Barkey

Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies

Thomas J. Bollyky

Senior Fellow for Global Health, Economics, and Development and Director of the Global Health Program