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Nuclear Weapons and American Grand Strategy

By Francis J. Gavin

2020

Zbigniew Brzezinski: America’s grand strategist

11:00 AM - 12:15 PM EDT

Washington, DC

Students take part in after school programs at the educational nonprofit 826NYC in the back of the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co. store in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., March 28, 2019. Picture taken March 28, 2019. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson - RC181DE063E0

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Anti-Blackness and the way forward for K-12 schooling

Francis Pearman

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Workers wearing protective suits drive an ambulance near the cruise ship Diamond Princess, as they prepare to transfer passengers tested positive for the novel coronavirus, at Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan February 10, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo

Future Development

Preparing for pandemics such as coronavirus—will we ever break the vicious cycle of panic and neglect?

Gavin Yamey, Marco Schäferhoff, Kaci Kennedy McDade, and Wenhui Mao

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Pope Francis shakes hands with Bhaddanta Kumarabhivasma, chairman of the state Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee, during a meeting with the Buddhist committee in Yangon, Myanmar November 29, 2017. REUTERS/Max Rossi

Myanmar

Why Pope Francis is visiting Myanmar

Lynn Kuok

Thursday, November 30, 2017

FixGov

The Francis effect on the Greenhouse Effect

Sarah Mills, Barry G. Rabe, and Christopher Borick

Monday, November 2, 2015

FixGov

The Francis climate homily

Barry G. Rabe

Thursday, September 24, 2015

A person dressed in ebola protective apparel is seen inside an ebola care facility at the Bwera general hospital near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo in Bwera, Uganda, June 14, 2019. REUTERS/James Akena? - RC11E436E5B0

Future Development

Are the multilaterals ready to act on pandemic prevention and other global public goods?

Kaci Kennedy McDade and Gavin Yamey

Wednesday, September 11, 2019

A lab worker holds up a test-tube of blood before conducting HIV tests at Medecins Sans Frontieres-Holland (AZG)'s clinic in Yangon February 21, 2012. Tens of thousands of lives are at risk in Myanmar due to an anticipated funding shortfall to treat people living with HIV and tuberculosis, medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) warned Wednesday, urging international donors to provide immediate support to the impoverished country. Myanmar is already facing "a devastating gap" between people's needs and access to treatment and a decision by the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to cancel funding for 2013 because of a lack of donor money could worsen the situation, the report "Lives in the balance: the urgent need for HIV and TB treatment in Myanmar" said. Picture taken February 21, 2012. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun (MYANMAR - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH) - GM1E82M0ZJO01

Future Development

We need breakthrough technologies to reach the Sustainable Development Goal targets for health

Gavin Yamey and Alexander Gunn

Friday, October 5, 2018

Children wait to be vaccinated against the most deadly forms of pneumonia at Amistad Mexico-Nicaragua Hospital in Ticauntepe town, about 8 miles (13 kilometres) south of Managua, December 12, 2010. The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) said Nicaragua is the first developing nation to begin vaccinating children with the pneumococcal shots, made by drugmakers Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline, and another 18 countries will follow in the next few years. Pneumococcal disease, which can cause pneumonia, meningitis and sepsis, kills more than half a million children every year and the vast majority of these deaths are in poorer countries where access to healthcare can be limited and very expensive. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas(NICARAGUA - Tags: HEALTH BUSINESS IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1E6CD0OCO01

Future Development

Are tough times ahead for countries graduating from foreign aid?

Gavin Yamey and Robert Hecht

Thursday, March 8, 2018

PlanetPolicy

The power of Pope Francis in facing climate change

Timmons Roberts

Thursday, June 18, 2015

A health worker injects a woman with an Ebola vaccine during a trial in Monrovia, February 2, 2015. Liberia began a trial of experimental Ebola vaccines on Monday, involving thousands of volunteers as part of an effort to slow the spread of the deadly haemorrhagic fever and prevent future outbreaks. The epidemic has killed more than 8,800 people in West Africa since it began more than a year ago, overwhelming weak healthcare systems in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Its spread now appears to be slowing, especially in Liberia which currently has just a handful of cases. REUTERS/James Giahyue (LIBERIA - Tags: DISASTER HEALTH) - RTR4NX6S

Future Development

Pandemics and the poor

Ben Oppenheim and Gavin Yamey

Monday, June 19, 2017

A scientist cleans vaccine vials at the Clinical Biomanufacturing Facility (CBF) in Oxford, Britain, April 2, 2020. Picture taken April 2, 2020. Sean Elias/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Future Development

Funding the development and manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccines: The need for global collective action

Marco Schäferhoff, Gavin Yamey, and Kaci Kennedy McDade

Friday, April 24, 2020

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Nuclear Weapons and American Grand Strategy

Zbigniew Brzezinski: America’s grand strategist

Anti-Blackness and the way forward for K-12 schooling

Preparing for pandemics such as coronavirus—will we ever break the vicious cycle of panic and neglect?

Why Pope Francis is visiting Myanmar

The Francis effect on the Greenhouse Effect

The Francis climate homily

Are the multilaterals ready to act on pandemic prevention and other global public goods?

We need breakthrough technologies to reach the Sustainable Development Goal targets for health

Are tough times ahead for countries graduating from foreign aid?

The power of Pope Francis in facing climate change

Pandemics and the poor

Funding the development and manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccines: The need for global collective action

Henry J. Aaron

The Bruce and Virginia MacLaury Chair

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Harry J. Holzer

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

John LaFarge Professor of Public Policy, Georgetown University

Former Chief Economist, Department of Labor