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May 21, 2018

Health Policy and Initiatives
A Conversation About the 71st World Health Assembly and the World Health Organization

Nearly one year has elapsed since the seventieth World Health Assembly elected Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as the new director-general of the World Health Organization. This meeting of CFR's Globa…

Director General of the WHO

April 10, 2012

Sub-Saharan Africa
Mali: A Dilemma for African Regional Organizations

The African Union (AU) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are opposed to the overthrow of legitimately constituted governments, especially by military coup. According to the p…

Africa-Mali-20120410

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Organized Crime in the Western Hemisphere: An Overlooked Threat?

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and the Mexico Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars hosted a three session symposium on Novermber 18, 2009. The symposium brought t…

August 14, 2024

Russia
How the U.S. Can Counter Disinformation From Russia and China

Attempts by Russia, China, and other U.S. adversaries to spread dangerous false narratives need to be countered before they take root. 

At a March 2022 press conference, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the U.S. of conducting research in Ukraine to develop biological weapons.

October 12, 2011

Human Rights
Human Rights Organizations Off the Deep End

What does one make of organizations that wish to see George W. Bush behind bars—but have never expressed similar sentiments about Fidel Castro, Vladimir Putin, Bashar al-Assad, or Hassan Nasrallah? …

June 17, 2010

Transnational Crime
Transnational Organized Crime as a Threat to Peace and Security

This meeting is part of the International Institutions and Global Governance program and the Roundtable Series on the United States and the Future of Global Governance, and is made possible by…

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