The Year in CFR Events
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The Year in CFR Events

Explainer Video by Thamine Nayeem

December 17, 2019 2:37 pm (EST)

The Year in CFR Events
Explainer Video

Take a look back at 2019’s most pressing current events and the experts and renowned guests who came to CFR, including Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, to discuss these issues.

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Each year, CFR organizes more than one hundred on-the-record events, conference calls, and podcasts in which senior government officials, global leaders, business executives, and prominent thinkers discuss pressing international issues.

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