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The Brookings Institution explored the challenges facing the Western-led global order. International relations professor Matias Spektor delivered keynote remarks on why the attitude of a “li…

U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns joined the Brookings Institution for a discussion on relations between the two countries. This event followed a November meeting between President Bid…

Fiona Hill, former National Security Council director for Europe and Russia, and Timothy Garton Ash, European Studies professor at Oxford University, discussed the global impact of the Russi…

Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink and Assistant Defense Secretary for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Ely Ratner joined the Brookings Instituti…

Thomas Shannon, a former U.S. ambassador to Brazil, discussed relations with the country during a conversation with other experts at the Brookings Institution. Topics included why Brazil mat…

The Brookings Institution held a discussion with policy experts on concerns China will invade Taiwan. Ryan Hass, Richard Bush, and Bonnie Glaser, authors of the book, U.S.-Taiwan Relations: …

Diplomats and scholars discussed U.S-South Korea relations amid the 70th anniversary of the alliance, at an event hosted by the Brookings Institution. The U.S.-South Korea Mutual Defense Tre…

Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), a member of the House Intelligence Committee, discussed national security priorities at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. Topics included leaked c…

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice joined other former White House officials for a discussion on the foreign policy challenges in addressing Russia and its invasion of Ukraine. The B…

Mallory Stewart, the assistant secretary of state in charge of arms control, discussed the Biden administration’s response to Russia announcing its withdrawal from the New START nuclear arms…

Defense Undersecretary for Policy Colin Kahl discussed the 2022 National Defense Strategy. He affirmed that China is a “pacing challenge,” since it is the only nation with the intention and …

Political commentator and author Thomas Friedman spoke with analyst Cheng Li about China’s upcoming Party Congress, which is likely to end with President Xi Jinping getting a third five-year…

During the first panel of a Brookings Institution event focused on the Russia-Ukraine war, panelists discussed at length current status of the war. The war began in February 2022 when Russia…

Brookings Institution foreign policy experts discussed the 2020 presidential election, foreign policy, and the future of transatlantic relations under a Trump or Biden presidency.

The Middle East Policy Council hosted a discussion on U.S.-Iran tensions and the Trump administration’s foreign policy approach in the region. Speakers included former ambassadors to Iraq, j…

David Ignatius, the Washington Post columnist, moderated a conversation with two experts on Iran’s political future and impact on the greater Middle East. Speakers focused on Ali Khamenei, t…

From 1979 to 1981, 52 Americans were held hostage in the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. The Wilson Center hosted a panel discussing how the Iran Hostage Crisis has impacted U.S. foreign policy sinc…

A panel of policy experts discussed the security situation in sub-Saharan Africa. They also touched on U.S. policy toward Africa.

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace held a discussion on the Trump administration’s policy toward Iran. Featured speakers included General David Petraeus (Ret.), the former CIA di…

Middle East experts talked about the effect of religion on foreign policy in Muslim countries. Their discussion focused on a newly-released paper, “Islamist Statecraft: How Government’s Use …