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May 29, 2024

Middle East and North Africa
Oil and National Security: U.S.-Middle East Relations

Steven Cook discusses the modern history of U.S. involvement in the Middle East and how economic interests, including secure access to oil reserves, continue to influence U.S. priorities in the regio…

Play US oil refinery at dawn.

September 26, 2024

Kosovo
A Conversation With President Vjosa Osmani of Kosovo

President Vjosa Osmani discusses security challenges in Europe, Kosovo's foreign policy priorities amid regional instability, and the future of the country's relationship with the United States. P…

Play Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu attends a press conference in Brussels at the NATO headquarters.

August 5, 2024

China
Secure Jobs, Uncertain Future: China’s Growing Appetite for Government Employment

While a robust public sector is essential, an overreliance on government employment could significantly reshape China’s future.

People attend a job fair for university graduates at a gymnasium in Hefei, Anhui province, China September 4, 2023.

September 25, 2024

Yemen
A Conversation With President Rashad Al-Alimi of Yemen

President Rashad Al-Alimi discusses  Yemen’s foreign policy priorities, regional security, and the country’s humanitarian situation. Please note this event will be livestreamed through CFR’s websi…

Play Yemen's President Rashad Mohammed Ali Al-Alimi speaks at a podium at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

June 20, 2024

United States
Paul C. Warnke Lecture on International Security: Turning Point—The Bomb and The Cold War

The Netflix series Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War is an exploration of the decades-long conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union framed by current events that reveal the Cold…

Play A cinematographer films an atomic mushroom cloud in a project named "Operation Plumbbob" Colorado.

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 …

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

September 24, 2024

United States
2024 Stephen C. Freidheim Symposium on Global Economics: Keynote With Janet Yellen

The first session of the Stephen C. Freidheim Symposium on Global Economics will feature remarks and a discussion with U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen. Secretary Yellen will discuss diffe…

Play U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen speaks at a University event in Massachusetts, U.S.

September 12, 2024

China
What Is China’s Role in Combating the Illegal Fentanyl Trade?

Those seeking to profit from fentanyl and governments seeking to control its supply are locked in a never-ending competition, with each new countermeasure spurring further innovation to circumvent it…

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer weighs a package of fentanyl in San Ysidro, California.

November 17, 2023

India
Outcomes of the November U.S.-India 2+2 Dialogue

During November's 2+2 dialogue, India and the United States took steps to reaffirm their partnership.

Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh gestures to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken as they leave the 2+2 Dialogue in New Delhi.

September 17, 2024

Religion
Religion and Foreign Policy Webinar: Muslim-American Perspectives on U.S. Foreign Policy

Salam al-Marayati, president and cofounder of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, and Nazita Lajevardi, associate professor of political science at Michigan State University, discuss the domestic and …

Play People with flags of various countries in the Middle East gather for a rally held by American Muslims for Palestine calling for a ceasefire in Gaza near the National Museum of African American History and Washington Monument in Washington, U.S.