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The President’s Inbox Recap: The Fentanyl EpidemicPrecursor chemicals from abroad are fueling America’s fentanyl epidemic.
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Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera: Asylum Seekers and Migrants in the Western Hemisphere Face Real Threats from Human TraffickingA lack of legal protections and supportive services coupled with pervasive corruption makes this population particularly vulnerable. Women and girls are especially at risk.
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Latin America This Week: May 30, 2023Debt-for-nature swaps gain traction in Latin America; To fix U.S. migration woes, the government needs to go big; Venezuelan organized crime now stretches across the continent.
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The Fentanyl Epidemic, With Vanda Felbab-BrownVanda Felbab-Brown, a senior fellow in the Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology in the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss why the United States is struggling to stop the flood of fentanyl entering the country.
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Syria Returns to the Arab League, G7 Summit in Japan, UN Discussions on North Korea, and MoreThe Arab League summit marks the return of Syria and its president, Bashar al-Assad; Japan hosts the leaders of the Group of Seven democracies in Hiroshima, Japan, with concerns over China and Russia at the fore; the UN Security Council discusses sanctions on North Korea amid the country’s missile buildup; and migration slows at the southern U.S. border after the lifting of Title 42.
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2023 Religion and Foreign Policy WorkshopWe hope you will join us for the 2023 Religion and Foreign Policy Workshop. The program will include panels on pressing global issues; religion, China, and Taiwan; climate, food, and water security; just society; and reflections on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. There will also be opportunities to network with colleagues during breaks and discussion groups. Held on an annual basis since 2007, this event brings together clergy, seminary heads, scholars of religion, and representatives of faith-based organizations from across the country for discussions on global concerns with policymakers, CFR fellows, and other experts.Please email [email protected] should you have any questions.
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Latin America’s Moment ReturnsThe Council on Foreign Relations’ blog on Latin America and the world will again feature regular analysis and updates on trends shaping the region.
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Seeking Protection: How the U.S. Asylum Process WorksRecord numbers of migrants seeking to cross the southern U.S. border are challenging the Joe Biden administration’s attempts to restore asylum protections. Here’s how the asylum process works.
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Women This Week: Gender Based-Violence Escalating in PeruWelcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers April 29 to May 5.
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South Korea-Japan Summit, U.S. Border Policy Changes, U.S. Annual Threat Assessment, and MoreJapanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio meets with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol in Seoul, South Korea; major pandemic-related U.S. immigration policies such as Title 42 end, straining an already overwhelmed southern border; the director of national intelligence and the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency brief a Senate panel on the top international threats to U.S. national security; and the U.S. Congress debates a plan to prevent default.
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2023 College and University Educators WorkshopThe 2023 College and University Educators Workshop is part of the CFR Academic initiative. The goal of the workshop is to find new ways for college and university educators to encourage their student…
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Syria-Turkey Relations, Israel’s Ongoing Domestic Tensions, the Pope Visits Hungary, and MoreIran and Russia aim to broker a rapprochement between Syria and Turkey; the Israeli Knesset begins its summer session in the face of mass protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposed judicial reforms; Pope Francis makes a three-day visit to Hungary, where he is expected to raise concerns about migration and the war in Ukraine; and a cease-fire fails to put an end to conflict in Sudan.
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Fentanyl and the U.S. Opioid EpidemicOpioid addiction and abuse in the United States has become a prolonged epidemic, endangering public health, economic output, and national security.
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Women This Week: Gender Disparities Rise in India’s WorkforceWelcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers April 8 to April 14.
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Biden’s New Southern Border Plan Might Just WorkThe balance of loathing from the left and right suggests the administration is on the right path.