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John Kerry: 'We Are Not Frozen in a Nightmare'

Defending the Obama Administration’s geopolitical record, the secretary of state laid out a vision of an America that is globalist, engaged, and deeply interventionist.

BY Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic

Blog Post

06.29.2016
World Affairs

Laura Bush's Case for Remaining in Afghanistan

America’s commitment to the rights of women, the former First Lady argues, obliges it to stay the course.

BY Yoni Appelbaum, The Atlantic

Blog Post

06.28.2016
World Affairs

IMF's Lagarde on Brexit

The International Monetary Fund’s Christine Lagarde asks leaders to proceed in “the most efficient, predictable way.”

BY Yoni Appelbaum, The Atlantic

Blog Post

06.27.2016
World Affairs

An Olympic-Sized Lesson

An all-refugee team is headed to the Olympic Games.

BY Jonathon Price & 1 more

Blog Post

06.07.2016
World Affairs

The Design of Culture in Cuba

Many people are poised for something to happen in Cuba — shifting international relations, political change, connectivity, reliable infrastructure, and the tourism we’ve all heard so much about

BY David Ewald

Of Interest

05.27.2016
World Affairs

Cuba will fail at tourism, but it can win at creative technology

In the six short months since I first visited Cuba, a lot has changed

BY Marcelino J. Alvarez

Of Interest

05.26.2016
World Affairs

David Miliband and Michael W. Doyle

Featuring an exploration of the Syrian refugee crisis with David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee and Professor Michael W. Doyle, the Director of the Global Policy Initiative at Columbia University.

BY New York Public Programs

Video

05.05.2016
World Affairs

Normalizing Relations with Cuba

The recent thaw of relations between Cuba and the United States is significant at the global level, but it affects citizens at a personal level as well.

BY Sarah Silverblatt-Buser

Blog Post

03.22.2016
World Affairs

A New Direction for US-Cuba Relations

President Barack Obama’s visit marks a new direction. But it is the next president and the next Cuban leader who will have the real work before them.

BY Michael (Mickey) Bergman

Blog Post

03.21.2016
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