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February 1, 2018

United States
Stephen Hadley on America's Place in the World

Stephen J. Hadley, former national security advisor to President George W. Bush, joins James M. Lindsay to discuss the U.S. role in today's world order.

Podcast 20180201_TPI

April 19, 2021

Defense and Security
CFR Fellows' Book Launch Series Guest Event With Stephen Biddle

Stephen Biddle discusses his new book, Nonstate Warfare, a comprehensive account of combat methods and military rationale which offers a new understanding for wartime military behavior of armed nonst…

Play US soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment of US army's 4th Infantry Division salute

April 6, 2021

Wars and Conflict
Guerillas, Warlords, and Militias Fight More Like State Armies, Warns Stephen Biddle

While nonstate fighters are expected to wage war with suicide vests, assassinations, and roadside bombs, this assumption “can lead to defense policy choices that leave Western states ill-prepared for…

July 7, 2020

CFR Master Class Series With Stephen Sestanovich

Please join Stephen Sestanovich for a discussion on retrenchment in U.S. foreign policy, including a look at past periods of retrenchment and the implications they have for today's foreign policy deb…

Play U.S. President Donald Trump reacts during a campaign rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.

March 11, 2020

COVID-19
Coronavirus Cases in Africa Stay Low For Now

The bad news is that coronavirus is seems to be spreading, if slowly, in Africa, with new cases in Togo and Cameroon and cases in the giants, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and South Africa. As of March 10, eleven countries in Africa have reported cases. The good news is that the number of cases remains remarkably small, despite the fact that China is Africa’s largest trading partner. The index cases in Africa, however, appear mostly to be travelers from Europe. 

Kenyan nurses wear white protective suits, face masks, goggles, hoods, and blue medical gloves during a demonstration of preparations for any potential coronavirus cases at the Mbagathi Hospital, isolation center for the disease, in Nairobi, Kenya, on March 6, 2020.