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Prime Minister Mia Mottley of Barbados on the Challenges Facing Climate-Vulnerable and Developing Countries Sep 25, 2026

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In this episode, Prime Minister Mia Mottley of Barbados discusses the challenges facing climate-vulnerable and developing countries, including efforts to reform the international financial architecture, expand access to development finance, and advance a more resilient and equitable global economy.

Host: Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (2021–25); Member, Board of Directors, Council on Foreign Relations

Guest: Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister, Barbados

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On Africa Policy With Tony Elumelu Sep 24, 2026

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In this episode, leading African investor and philanthropist Tony Elumelu discusses the continent’s evolving role in the global economy, including entrepreneurship as a catalyst for development, private sector-led growth, energy security, and the evolving U.S.-Africa partnership.

Host: Michael Froman, President, Council on Foreign Relations

Guests: Tony O. Elumelu, African Investor and Philanthropist; Founder and Chairman of Heirs Holdings; Founder, The Tony Elumelu Foundation

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On France’s UN Security Council Presidency Priorities Sep 18, 2026

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In this episode, Ambassador Jérôme Bonnafont discusses France’s priorities as it assumes the presidency of the UN Security Council.

Host: Jane Hartley, Chair, Board of Directors, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom (2022–25) and to France and Monaco (2014–17); CFR Member

Guest: Jérôme Bonnafont, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations

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Eyewitness to History: Reflections on September 11 Sep 11, 2026

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Title: Eyewitness to History: Reflections on September 11

In this episode, senior leaders across various sectors reflect on their firsthand experiences of the September 11 attacks and the global war on terrorism that followed.

Host: Juju Chang, Coanchor, Nightline, ABC News; CFR Member

Guests: Jane Harman, Former U.S. Representative (D-CA), Former Ranking Member, House Intelligence Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security (1993–2011); Chair, 2024 Commission on the National Defense Strategy; CFR Member

Paul D. Wolfowitz, Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution; Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense (2001–05); CFR Member

John E. McLaughlin, Professor of Practice, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies; Former Deputy Director and Acting Director, Central Intelligence Agency (2000–04); CFR Member

John B. Bellinger III, Adjunct Senior Fellow for International and National Security Law, Council on Foreign Relations; Partner, Arnold & Porter LLP; Former Senior Associate Counsel to the President and Legal Advisor to the National Security Council (2001–05); CFR Member

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On Financing the “Missing Middle” to Scale Energy Breakthroughs Sep 04, 2026

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In this episode, panelists from CFR’s Climate Realism Initiative discuss Financing the Missing Middle, a collection of policies and strategies to help bridge the gap in private funding that inhibits energy innovation in the United States. This “missing middle” slows or blocks technologies that could help the energy system become more secure, affordable, and sustainable, and weakens U.S. firms relative to Chinese and other international competitors.

Host: Vijay Vaitheeswaran, Incoming Philip D. Reed Senior Fellow and Director of the Energy Security and Climate Change Program, Council on Foreign Relations

Guests: David M. Hart, Senior Fellow for Climate and Energy, Council on Foreign Relations

Vanessa Z. Chan, Jonathan and Linda Brassington Practice Professor, Materials Science and Engineering and Inaugural Vice-Dean of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Pennsylvania

Josh Prueher, Chief Executive Officer, XGS Energy

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On the Lessons of the 1929 Wall Street Crash Aug 28, 2026

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In this episode, Andrew Ross Sorkin discusses lessons from the 1929 Wall Street crash, followed by a panel discussion on the present-day risk of a bubble, and how policymakers should respond.

Host: Gillian Tett, Columnist and Member of the Editorial Board, Financial Times; Head, King’s College, University of Cambridge; CFR Member

Introductory Remarks: Michael Froman, President, Council on Foreign Relations

Guests: Andrew Ross Sorkin, Founder, DealBook, and Columnist and Editor at Large, New York Times; Coanchor, Squawk Box, CNBC; Author, 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History—and How It Shattered a Nation; CFR Member

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On AI Policy: Global Stakes, Local Governance Aug 21, 2026

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In this episode, Margaret Woolley Busse discusses the regulatory environment for artificial intelligence (AI) in the United States, with particular focus on its implications at the state and local level. She is joined by Adam Segal, who assesses the global AI race and why these dynamics matter for U.S. national security and strategic competition with China.

Host: Irina A. Faskianos, vice president for the National Program and Outreach, Council on Foreign Relations

Guests: Margaret Woolley Busse, executive director of the Utah Department of Commerce and cofounder of the Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy

Adam Segal, Ira A. Lipman Chair in Emerging Technologies and National Security and director of the Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program, Council on Foreign Relations

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On Pope Leo XIV and Human Dignity in the Age of AI Aug 14, 2026

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In this episode, Kim Daniels, Michael Baggot, Erin D. Dumbacher, and Brian Green discuss Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical on artificial intelligence and human dignity.

Host: Kim Daniels, Director, Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life, Georgetown University

Guests: Michael Baggot, Associate Professor of Bioethics, Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum; Adjunct Professor of Theology, Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas-Angelicum

Erin D. Dumbacher, Stanton Nuclear Security Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

Brian Green, Director of Technology Ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara University

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Yechiel Leiter on the U.S.-brokered Israel-Lebanon Agreement Aug 07, 2026

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In this episode, Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter discusses the recent trilateral framework agreement among the United States, Israel, and Lebanon, as well as the future of the U.S.-Israel relationship amid the Iran war.

Host: Steven A. Cook, Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies

Guests: Yechiel Leiter, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of Israel, Washington, DC

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On the State of U.S.-Cuba Relations Jul 31, 2026

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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 Institute Senior Research Collaborator, University of Texas at Austin

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