Tag: CFR

USA/CHILD SLAVERY – U.S. Supreme Court Assesses Corporate Complicity in Child Slavery (David J. Scheffer, CFR)

Should U.S. companies be held responsible for child slavery on West African farms where cocoa beans are harvested? The top U.S. court’s decision could...

USA/CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY – Biden’s Climate Change Policy: Why His Special Envoy Role Matters (Alice C. Hill and Madeline Babin, CFR)

Former Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a UN climate conference in 2019. Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images President-Elect Joe Biden’s appointment of John Kerry to...

USA/LATIN AMERICA – Biden Can’t Pick Up in Latin America Where Obama Left Off (Shannon K. O’Neil, Bloomberg, CFR)

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden delivers a pre-Thanksgiving speech at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., November 25, 2020. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts With president-elect Joseph Biden so...

COVID19 – Disarming Vaccine Disinformation (CFR)

Panelists discuss COVID-19 vaccine misinformation and disinformation campaigns and tactics to disrupt and disarm them. Speakers Imran Ahmed Chief Executive Officer, Founder, Center for Countering Digital Hate Tara...

USA – Trump and Section 230: What to Know (Anshu Siripurapu, CFR)

President Trump has threatened to veto a major defense funding bill over a law that protects social media companies from liability for what their...

ARAB SPRING – The Arab Spring at Ten Years: What’s the Legacy of the Uprisings? (Kali Robinson, CFR)

Ten years on, the lives of people in Arab Spring countries have improved in certain aspects but worsened in others. CFR.org visualizes the changes...

VENEZUELA – Screening and Discussion of “A La Calle” (CFR)

Speakers Rebecca Bill Chavez Nonresident Senior Fellow, Inter-American Dialogue; CFR Member Leopoldo Lopez Venezuelan Democratic Leader; Member of the Venezuelan Interim Government; Prisoner of Conscience according to Amnesty...

EUROPE – The Future of Europe (CFR)

Speakers Anna Grzymala-Busse Kevin and Michelle Douglas Professor of International Studies and Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University Wolfgang Ischinger Chairman, Munich Security Conference;...

TPP – What Is the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)? (James McBride, Andrew Chatzky, and Anshu Siripurapu, CFR)

Summary The TPP was a massive trade agreement signed by twelve Pacific Rim countries, including the United States, that together comprised 40 percent of...