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What does the Chinese decision to establish a permanent military base in Djibouti say about China's broader interests in...
08/22/2026

What does the Chinese decision to establish a permanent military base in Djibouti say about China's broader interests in Africa? It's "much less about Africa, and it's much more about China," says Abraham Denmark, Senior Advisor to the Asia Program and Senior Fellow in the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States at the Wilson Center.

What does the Chinese decision to establish a permanent military ba...

What are China's space ambitions? "China's near-term ambitions are to catch up to the United States…And they've made som...
08/08/2026

What are China's space ambitions? "China's near-term ambitions are to catch up to the United States…And they've made some big strides," says Eric Berger, senior space editor at Ars Technica and author of Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX.

"China's near-term ambitions are to catch up to the United States, ...

How different will global demographics be in 2100? “There will be more 60-year-olds by almost 50% than newborns," Dr. Ch...
07/25/2026

How different will global demographics be in 2100? “There will be more 60-year-olds by almost 50% than newborns," Dr. Christopher Murray, Chair and Professor of Health Metrics Sciences and Director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington.

How different will the global population distribution look in 2100?...

"The Chinese see Africa as an important, important partner...a priority for their foreign policy," says Dr. Yun Sun, Di...
07/18/2026

"The Chinese see Africa as an important, important partner...a priority for their foreign policy," says Dr. Yun Sun, Director of the China Program at the Stimson Center. "Every year since 1990, the first overseas trip every year by the Chinese Foreign Minister is to Africa. And how many times has Secretary of State of the United States traveled to Africa in the past 10 years?"

"The Chinese see Africa as an important, important partner...as a p...

On June 25, 2026, the Foreign Policy Association hosted its Corporate Dinner, bringing together leaders from business, f...
07/03/2026

On June 25, 2026, the Foreign Policy Association hosted its Corporate Dinner, bringing together leaders from business, finance, diplomacy, aerospace, aviation, and international markets for an evening of discussion and engagement on the major issues shaping the global economy. At the dinner, FPA honored four distinguished leaders: Jason Kim, Chief Executive Officer and Board Member, Firefly Aerospace Sir Tim Clark, President, Emirates Airline Steven Klinsky, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, New Mountain Capital Hiromi Yamaji, Group Chief Executive Officer, Japan Exchange Group, Inc. The evening underscored the importance of informed dialogue, international cooperation, and private-sector leadership at a time of rapid geopolitical, technological, and economic change.

On June 25, 2026, the Foreign Policy Association hosted its Corpora...

The Foreign Policy Association hosted its Annual Dinner on June 4, 2026, bringing together leaders from business, diplom...
06/20/2026

The Foreign Policy Association hosted its Annual Dinner on June 4, 2026, bringing together leaders from business, diplomacy, academia, and public service for an evening celebrating international engagement and informed discussion of global affairs. This year’s program featured remarks from His Excellency Laurent Bili, Ambassador of France to the United States; The Honorable Christopher Landau, Deputy Secretary of State of the United States; and Heather McDevitt, Chair of White & Case LLP.

The Foreign Policy Association hosted its Annual Dinner on June 4, ...

The Foreign Policy Association hosted a book launch event with Dr. Nicholas Rostow, Director of the Center for Strategic...
06/15/2026

The Foreign Policy Association hosted a book launch event with Dr. Nicholas Rostow, Director of the Center for Strategic Research at the National Defense University and Senior Research Scholar at Yale Law School for his new book, Proportional to the Mischief: International Law and U.S. Grand Strategy. In this lecture, Dr. Rostow examined the relationship between international law, American foreign policy, and U.S. grand strategy, drawing on his extensive experience in government, diplomacy, and academia.

The Foreign Policy Association hosted a book launch event with Dr. ...

"I do think we missed an opportunity in the 1990s, when the Soviet Union collapsed…We took too many things for granted,"...
06/06/2026

"I do think we missed an opportunity in the 1990s, when the Soviet Union collapsed…We took too many things for granted," says former CIA Director John Brennan in this interview from the FPA archives.

"I do think we missed an opportunity in the 1990s, when the Soviet ...

For the Foreign Policy Association’s annual John B. Hurford Memorial Lecture on artificial intelligence, human judgment,...
05/31/2026

For the Foreign Policy Association’s annual John B. Hurford Memorial Lecture on artificial intelligence, human judgment, and the future of decision-making, Dr. Vasant Dhar draws from his book Thinking with Machines: The Brave New World of AI. Dr. Dhar, Robert L. & Dale Atkins Rosen Faculty Fellow and Professor at NYU Stern School of Business, explores how artificial intelligence has evolved from early expert systems to today’s large language models, why AI has become a general-purpose technology, and what that means for truth, trust, work, education, financial markets, medicine, and human agency. In this wide-ranging lecture and audience discussion, Dr. Dhar addresses some of the most urgent questions raised by modern AI: When should we trust machines? What happens when AI produces convincing but unreliable information? How should society govern increasingly powerful systems? And will AI amplify human potential—or disempower those who fail to adapt?

Dr. Vasant Dhar, Robert L. & Dale Atkins Rosen Faculty Fellow and Professor at NYU Stern School of Business, delivers the Foreign Policy Association’s annual...

In the inaugural Paul Family Distinguished Lecture on U.S.-Africa Relations, The Hon. Michelle D. Gavin, Ralph Bunche Se...
05/23/2026

In the inaugural Paul Family Distinguished Lecture on U.S.-Africa Relations, The Hon. Michelle D. Gavin, Ralph Bunche Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and former U.S. Ambassador to Botswana, discusses the current state of U.S.-Africa relations and the importance of sustaining strong ties between the United States and African nations.

In this inaugural Paul Family Distinguished Lecture on U.S.-Africa Relations, The Hon. Michelle D. Gavin, Ralph Bunche Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studie...

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