CFR On the Record

In this episode, panelists discuss the impact of U.S. sanctions, the potential for U.S. military action, and the ongoing energy crisis in Cuba. Host: Kezia McKeague, Managing Director, McLarty Associates; CFR Member Guests: Ricardo Herrero, Executive Director, Cuba Study Group; CFR Member Maria Werlau, Cofounder and Executive Director, Free Society Project/Cuba Archive Jorge R. Piñón, Energy...

In this episode, Fatih Birol examines how the Hormuz crisis is reshaping the global energy landscape and explores how countries may increasingly favor domestic energy sources that reduce reliance on fuel imports. Host: Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran, Philip D. Reed Senior Fellow and Director of the Energy Security and Climate Change Program Guests: Fatih Birol, Executive Director, International Energy...

This episode revisits a 2011 CFR event featuring U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, who passed away at age 71. Host: Jonathan Karl, Chief Washington Correspondent, ABC News Guests: Lindsey Graham, U.S. Senator, South Carolina Want more comprehensive analysis of global news and events sent straight to your inbox? Subscribe to CFR’s Daily News Brief newsletter. To keep tabs on all CFR events, visit...

In this episode, panelists discuss the best and worst decisions in U.S. foreign policy as a part of the CFR Young Professionals Briefing Series. Host: Kelebogile Zvobgo, Mansfield Associate Professor of Government and Director, International Justice Lab, College of William and Mary; CFR Term Member Guests: Kathryn E. David, Historian, Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State; CFR Term...

In this episode, panelists discuss the growing economic and security threats facing Persian Gulf countries and the future of U.S. engagement in the region. Host: Karen E. Young, Senior Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University; CFR Member Guests: Joseph L. Votel, Distinguished Chair, Combating Terrorism Center at West Point; Former Commander, U.S. Central Command...

This episode revisits a 2015 CFR event featuring former Federal Reserve Chair Alan Greenspan, who passed away at age 100. Host: Steve Liesman, Senior Economics Reporter, CNBC Guests: Alan Greenspan, Former Chairman, Federal Reserve Board Want more comprehensive analysis of global news and events sent straight to your inbox? Subscribe to CFR’s Daily News Brief newsletter. To keep tabs on all CFR...

In this episode, Under Secretary Gil discusses the Genesis Mission, and what the federal government’s bet on AI and quantum computing for scientific discovery means for American competitiveness and global collaboration. Host: Nicholas F. Beim, Partner, Venrock; Member, Board of Directors, Council on Foreign Relations Guests: Darío Gil, Under Secretary for Science, U.S. Department of Energy Want...

In this episode, panelists discuss what American democracy has and hasn't delivered on equality, access, and opportunity, and whether that internal reckoning is now inseparable from the country's standing and credibility as a world leader. Host: Meena Bose, Executive Dean, Public Policy and Public Service Programs and Director, Peter S. Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency,...

On this episode, panelists provide an update on the geoeconomic consequences of the Iran war and the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, including disruptions to oil, gas, and other commodity markets, and the longer-term implications for the petrodollar system and the energy transition. Host: Edward Fishman, Senior Fellow and Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomics, Council on...

In this episode, U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer discusses recent developments in the administration’s global economic trade strategy. Host: Michael Froman, President, Council on Foreign Relations, Former U.S. Trade Representative (2013-17) Guest: Jamieson Greer, Ambassador, U.S. Trade Representative Want more comprehensive analysis of global news and events sent straight to...