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October 10, 2024

RealEcon
National Security Regulation and the Decline of Cost-Benefit Analysis

Laws meant to insulate domestic companies from foreign transactions are often implemented with little regard to the ensuing domestic costs.  Those costs could undermine the national security goals of…

A general view of the U.S. Treasury building in Washington, U.S. January 19, 2023.

November 12, 2024

Technology and Innovation
Demystifying Artificial Intelligence

CFR's Technologist-in-Residence Sebastian Elbaum discusses the capabilities, failures, and future of artificial intelligence and its intersections with policy.  

Play A robotic dog is shown at the Responsible Artificial Intelligence in the Military (REAIM) summit, on responsible use of military artificial intelligence

October 7, 2024

Technology and Innovation
What Is Quantum Computing?

Quantum computing, once the realm of science fiction, could bring massive economic gains. But it also threatens to upend national security, and governments are racing to prepare.

An engineer shows a wafer with photonic chips for quantum computing at the company Q.ANT.

September 23, 2024

United States
A Conversation With International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol

Dr. Fatih Birol has served as Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) since 2015. He has overseen a comprehensive modernization program making the agency the global hub for clean …

Play atih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, attends a news conference in Brussels, Belgium.

February 20, 2024

Nigeria
A Tragedy Sixty-Four Years in the Making

The crisis in Nigeria offers a rare opportunity to rethink the moral foundations of the Nigerian state.

Members of the Nigerian Labor Union march during a protest against fuel price hikes and rising costs, in Abuja, Nigeria on August 2, 2023.

March 27, 2024

Space
UFOs: Close Encounters of the National Security Kind

Unidentified flying objects (UFOs) are real. And the truth about them is often hidden from the public, for reasons related to national security. That secrecy has fed conspiracy theories about the pos…

Podcast Sign for UFO "self parking" against a blue sky.

September 17, 2024

United States
John B. Hurford Memorial Lecture With Timothy Snyder

Historian Timothy Snyder explores the concept of freedom, including what it is, how it has been misunderstood, and why it is worth fighting for both in the United States and globally. The John B. …

Play Timothy Snyder is pictured during an inaugural class at the ULB Universite Libre de Bruxelles, in Brussels, Belgium.

July 31, 2024

RealEcon
Making U.S. Trade Policy Relevant Again

U.S. trade policy can still solve problems but requires new approaches that engage with current realities rather than wishful thinking, says former chief of staff to the U.S. trade representative.

Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala addresses delegates during a session on fisheries subsidies during the 13th WTO Ministerial Conference in Abu Dhabi of February 26, 2024. The world's trade ministers gathered in the UAE on February 26 for a high-level WTO meeting with no clear prospects for breakthroughs, amid geopolitical tensions and disagreements

February 12, 2024

Russia
What Tucker Carlson’s Putin Interview Means for the War in Ukraine

In last week’s rare interview with a Western media figure, Russian President Vladimir Putin tried to combine a more reasonable tone with endless reminders of why Western governments think he’s not re…

Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with U.S. television host Tucker Carlson in Moscow.

September 24, 2024

Bangladesh
Can Bangladesh Really Reform?

Bangladesh's interim government is struggling to maintain basic stability and public services as it pushes for ambitious reforms. The powerful army, patronage networks, and political parties remain m…

Bangladesh's interim leader sits at a table with a red velvet tablecloth and white and pink flowers while signing a document.