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The rapid rate of infection in the ongoing pandemic is catalyzing technological innovation to prevent the next potential pandemic from ever reaching a global scale.

Roundtable Series on Global Health, Economics, and Development Speakers Julia Smith Research Associate for Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University Clare Wenham Assistant Professor of Global

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, speaks on the considerations schools face in terms of reopening, taking into account their individual needs as well as public

Roundtable Series on Women and Foreign Policy Speaker Mozn Hassan Nazra for Feminist Studies Presider Meighan Stone Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations

Kathryn de Wit, project manager of the Broadband Access Initiative at Pew Charitable Trusts, and Francella Ochillo, executive director of Next Century Cities, discuss expanding broadband

Kathryn de Wit, project manager of the Broadband Access Initiative at Pew Charitable Trusts, and Francella Ochillo, executive director of Next Century Cities, discuss expanding broadband

Susan A.

Thomas Donilon discusses his distinguished career in business and government, including his role as national security advisor under President Barack Obama, working with three U.S.

While much of the public’s attention over the last year has been on Russian information operations and threats to election integrity, actors tied to Russian intelligence were conducting an espionage

Scott Kirby discusses the implications of the coronavirus pandemic on the travel industry, United Airlines’ commitment to sustainability and other company-wide initiatives, and lessons learned

Gabriel Salguero, president of the National Latino Evangelical Coalition, and Moshe Hauer, executive vice president of the Orthodox Union, discuss the role faith communities play in the COVID-19

Speakers James Cockayne Professor of Global Politics and Anti-Slavery, University of Nottingham Alex Thier CEO, Global Fund to End Modern Slavery Presider Jamille Bigio Senior Fellow for Women and

Panelists discuss how the Biden administration will approach the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and if the Abraham Accords can help to resolve it.

Our panelists examine the vulnerabilities in global supply chains exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, resiliency options such as supplier diversification, reshoring critical industries, and

Speakers Ian O.

CFR’s inaugural Home and Abroad series public forum on the state of democracy globally discusses the role democracy should occupy in U.S.

Speakers Elsa B. Kania Adjunct Senior Fellow, Technology and National Security Program, Center for a New American Security Adam Segal Ira A.

Speaker Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Presider Fareed Zakaria, Host, Fareed Zakaria GPS, CNN; Member, Board of Directors, Council on Foreign

Paul J. Angelo, fellow for Latin America Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, explains the migrant situation at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Betsey Stevenson, professor of public policy and economics at University of Michigan, leads a conversation on the new U.S. stimulus bill and how it will shape U.S. economic competitiveness.

Speakers Rina Amiri Senior Fellow, Center for Global Affairs.

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Chinese President Xi Jinping’s signature foreign policy endeavor, has the potential to meet developing countries’ needs and spur economic growth, but the reality

Sonya Stokes, assistant clinical professor of emergency medicine at Mount Sinai’s Icahn School of Medicine and fellow at Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Health Security, leads a conversation

Roundtable Series on Technology, Innovation, and American Primacy The recent growth of internet platforms, which are increasingly controlling the distribution of information and shaping political

Speakers Masoud Kavoossi, William H. McRaven, Caroline Netchvolodoff, Carol Wise Presider Tina M.

Panelists discuss how the pandemic has altered consumer decision-making and economic behavior, how these trends affect the U.S.

Richard Thaler discusses how the coronavirus pandemic has altered human behavior and economic choices, as well as how behavioral economics can inform public health policy to incentivize people to

Panelists discuss the future of democracy in the United States, including the actions that led to the siege of the Capitol and the threats facing U.S.

Camara Phyllis Jones, epidemiologist and senior fellow at the Satcher Health Leadership Institute and Cardiovascular Research Institute at the Morehouse School of Medicine, discusses how health

In the Council Special Report The United States, China, and Taiwan: A Strategy to Prevent War, authors Ambassador Robert Blackwill and Philip Zelikow warn that “Taiwan is becoming the most dangerous