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The book details the enormous human costs of the travel restrictions and argues that governments are becoming overly reliant on borders to address external threats from terrorism to drugs to migration. This wide-angle view of a singular shock to the international systems of travel and migration highlights why those living across borders need better protections and governments more robust guardrails. The CFR Fellows’ Book Launch series highlights new books by CFR fellows. </div> <div class="card-article-large__metadata"> <span class="card-article-large__publication-type">Virtual Event</span> <span class="card-article-large__authors">by <a href="https://www.cfr.org/expert/edward-alden" class="card-article-large__authors-link">Edward Alden</a> , Laurie Trautman and <a href="https://www.cfr.org/expert/shannon-k-oneil" class="card-article-large__authors-link">Shannon K. O'Neil</a> </span> <span class="card-article-large__date"> January 13, 2025</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </span></div> </li> </ul> <ul class="krt-grid__list-container"> <li class="views-row krt-grid__list-item"> <div class="views-field views-field-search-api-rendered-item"><span class="field-content"> <div class="card-article-large article card-article-large--with-thumbnail"> <div class="card-article-large__container"> <div class="card-article-large__content"> <div class="card-article-large__topic-tag"> <a href="/asia/china" class="card-article-large__topic-tag-link"> China </a> </div> <a href="/blog/chinas-hospital-admission-paradox-institutional-design-and-perverse-incentives " class="card-article-large__link"> <div class="card-article-large__title"> China’s Hospital Admission Paradox: Institutional Design and Perverse Incentives </div> <div class="card-article-large__image"> <div class="card-article-large__image-cover" style="background-image: url(//cdn.cfr.org/sites/default/files/styles/card_landscape_m_380x253/public/image/2024/10/2023-01-12T054508Z_78115944_RC28OY93HPLY_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-CHINA-min.JPG.webp)"></div> </div> </a> <div class="card-article-large__dek clamp-js" data-clamp-lines="4">Without comprehensive reforms, the sustainability of China’s healthcare system remains at risk, compromising its ability to meet the genuine medical needs of its population in the long term. </div> <div class="card-article-large__metadata"> <span class="card-article-large__publication-type">Post</span> <span class="card-article-large__authors">by <a href="/expert/yanzhong-huang" class="card-article-large__authors-link">Yanzhong Huang</a> </span> <span class="card-article-large__date"> October 25, 2024</span> <a href="/blog/asia-unbound" class="card-article-large__series"> Asia Unbound </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </span></div> </li> <li class="views-row krt-grid__list-item"> <div class="views-field views-field-search-api-rendered-item"><span class="field-content"> <div class="card-article-large article card-article-large--with-thumbnail"> <div class="card-article-large__container"> <div class="card-article-large__content"> <div class="card-article-large__topic-tag"> <a href="/economics/monetary-policy" class="card-article-large__topic-tag-link"> Monetary Policy </a> </div> <a href="/backgrounder/what-us-federal-reserve " class="card-article-large__link"> <div class="card-article-large__title"> What Is the U.S. Federal Reserve? </div> <div class="card-article-large__image"> <div class="card-article-large__image-cover" style="background-image: url(//cdn.cfr.org/sites/default/files/styles/card_landscape_m_380x253/public/image/2023/10/FedReserve_BG_1.jpg.webp)"></div> </div> </a> <div class="card-article-large__dek clamp-js" data-clamp-lines="4">Over the past decade, the Fed kept interest rates low while it deployed trillions of dollars in stimulus and expanded its regulatory oversight. Now, the central bank is back in the spotlight for its battle against inflation. </div> <div class="card-article-large__metadata"> <span class="card-article-large__publication-type">Backgrounder</span> <span class="card-article-large__authors">by James McBride, Anshu Siripurapu and Noah Berman</span> <span class="card-article-large__date"> August 15, 2024</span> <a href="/programs/renewing-america" class="card-article-large__series"> Renewing America </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </span></div> </li> <li class="views-row krt-grid__list-item"> <div class="views-field views-field-search-api-rendered-item"><span class="field-content"> <div class="card-article-large event card-article-large--with-thumbnail"> <div class="card-article-large__container"> <div class="card-article-large__content"> <div class="card-article-large__topic-tag"> <a href="/americas/united-states" class="card-article-large__topic-tag-link"> United States </a> </div> <a href="/event/person-dc-roundtable-national-security-and-us-pharma-and-biotech-industries " class="card-article-large__link"> <div class="card-article-large__title"> In-Person DC Roundtable: National Security and the U.S. Pharma and Biotech Industries </div> <div class="card-article-large__image"> <span class="card-article-large__icon"> <svg viewBox="0 0 15 15" class="icon icon-play" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <title>Play</title> <path d="M0 15V0l15 7.5z" class="icon-fill" fill="none"/> </svg> </span> <div class="card-article-large__image-cover" style="background-image: url(//cdn.cfr.org/sites/default/files/styles/card_landscape_xl/public/image/2024/06/20240625-biotech%20and%20big%20harma.jpg.webp)"></div> </div> </a> <div class="card-article-large__dek clamp-js" data-clamp-lines="4">The COVID-19 pandemic and chronic U.S. drug shortages highlight the health security and strategic importance of U.S. pharmaceutical and biotechnology capabilities during and between pathogenic crises. Geopolitical competition and interest in industrial policy for biotechnology further underscore the national security role of domestic biopharmaceutical infrastructure. Policymakers confront competing health, economic, and strategic priorities in maximizing innovation in technology, business models, and health-care systems in facilitating safe, accessible, secure, and sustainable products, services, and supply chains.   Please join our speakers, Monique K. Mansoura, executive director for global health security and biotechnology at The MITRE Corporation, and Victor Suarez, Colonel (ret.), U.S. Army, senior fellow (visiting) at The Council on Strategic Risks and founder of BluZoneBio, to explore challenges facing the U.S. pharma and biotech industries and approaches to strengthening the national security resilience of those industries in a world marked by health and geopolitical threats. </div> <div class="card-article-large__metadata"> <span class="card-article-large__publication-type">Event</span> <span class="card-article-large__authors">with Monique K. Mansoura, Victor Suarez and <a href="https://www.cfr.org/expert/david-p-fidler" class="card-article-large__authors-link">David P. Fidler</a> </span> <span class="card-article-large__date"> June 25, 2024</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </span></div> </li> <li class="views-row krt-grid__list-item"> <div class="views-field views-field-search-api-rendered-item"><span class="field-content"> <div class="card-article-large event card-article-large--with-thumbnail"> <div class="card-article-large__container"> <div class="card-article-large__content"> <div class="card-article-large__topic-tag"> <a href="/programs/global-health-program" class="card-article-large__topic-tag-link"> Global Health Program </a> </div> <a href="/event/hybrid-dc-roundtable-cdc-response-spread-h5n1-avian-flu-dairy-cows " class="card-article-large__link"> <div class="card-article-large__title"> Hybrid DC Roundtable: The CDC Response to the Spread of H5N1 Avian Flu in Dairy Cows </div> <div class="card-article-large__image"> <span class="card-article-large__icon"> <svg viewBox="0 0 15 15" class="icon icon-play" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <title>Play</title> <path d="M0 15V0l15 7.5z" class="icon-fill" fill="none"/> </svg> </span> <div class="card-article-large__image-cover" style="background-image: url(//cdn.cfr.org/sites/default/files/styles/card_landscape_xl/public/image/2024/05/RTSZUW8J-yt.jpg.webp)"></div> </div> </a> <div class="card-article-large__dek clamp-js" data-clamp-lines="4">An outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza that was detected for the first time in a milking herd of cattle in Texas one month ago has now infected thirty-three herds in eight states and at least one farm worker, spurring alarm among some experts that human-to-human transmission could be next. Please join us for a discussion with Dr. Nirav D. Shah, Principal Deputy Director of the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, on the U.S. response to this avian flu outbreak and on how the CDC and its U.S. government counterparts are applying lessons from COVID-19 to respond to the potential threat. </div> <div class="card-article-large__metadata"> <span class="card-article-large__publication-type">Virtual Event</span> <span class="card-article-large__authors">by Nirav Shah, Nirav Shah, <a href="https://www.cfr.org/expert/thomas-j-bollyky" class="card-article-large__authors-link">Thomas J. Bollyky</a> and <a href="https://www.cfr.org/expert/thomas-j-bollyky" class="card-article-large__authors-link">Thomas J. Bollyky</a> </span> <span class="card-article-large__date"> May 1, 2024</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </span></div> </li> <li class="views-row krt-grid__list-item"> <div class="views-field views-field-search-api-rendered-item"><span class="field-content"> <div class="card-article-large article card-article-large--with-thumbnail"> <div class="card-article-large__container"> <div class="card-article-large__content"> <div class="card-article-large__topic-tag"> <a href="/asia/china" class="card-article-large__topic-tag-link"> China </a> </div> <a href="/blog/china-year-review-2023 " class="card-article-large__link"> <div class="card-article-large__title"> China: Year in Review 2023 </div> <div class="card-article-large__image"> <div class="card-article-large__image-cover" style="background-image: url(//cdn.cfr.org/sites/default/files/styles/card_landscape_m_380x253/public/image/2023/12/RTSQLA86.JPG.webp)"></div> </div> </a> <div class="card-article-large__dek clamp-js" data-clamp-lines="4">A review of the most significant events in China in 2023, and a look ahead to the most pressing challenges and uncertainties the country will face in 2024. </div> <div class="card-article-large__metadata"> <span class="card-article-large__publication-type">Post</span> <span class="card-article-large__authors">by <a href="/expert/yanzhong-huang" class="card-article-large__authors-link">Yanzhong Huang</a> </span> <span class="card-article-large__date"> December 20, 2023</span> <a href="/blog/asia-unbound" class="card-article-large__series"> Asia Unbound </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </span></div> </li> <li class="views-row krt-grid__list-item"> <div class="views-field views-field-search-api-rendered-item"><span class="field-content"> <div class="card-article-large article card-article-large--with-thumbnail"> <div class="card-article-large__container"> <div class="card-article-large__content"> <div class="card-article-large__topic-tag"> <a href="/economics/budget-debt-and-deficits" class="card-article-large__topic-tag-link"> Budget, Debt, and Deficits </a> </div> <a href="/backgrounder/us-national-debt-dilemma " class="card-article-large__link"> <div class="card-article-large__title"> The U.S. National Debt Dilemma </div> <div class="card-article-large__image"> <div class="card-article-large__image-cover" style="background-image: url(//cdn.cfr.org/sites/default/files/styles/card_landscape_m_380x253/public/image/2023/12/NationalDebt_BG%20%281%29.jpg.webp)"></div> </div> </a> <div class="card-article-large__dek clamp-js" data-clamp-lines="4">After years of steadily increasing debt, federal spending has skyrocketed, taking U.S. debt to levels not seen since World War II.    </div> <div class="card-article-large__metadata"> <span class="card-article-large__publication-type">Backgrounder</span> <span class="card-article-large__authors">by James McBride, Noah Berman and Anshu Siripurapu</span> <span class="card-article-large__date"> December 4, 2023</span> <a href="/programs/renewing-america" class="card-article-large__series"> Renewing America </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </span></div> </li> <li class="views-row krt-grid__list-item"> <div class="views-field views-field-search-api-rendered-item"><span class="field-content"> <div class="card-article-large article card-article-large--with-thumbnail"> <div class="card-article-large__container"> <div class="card-article-large__content"> <div class="card-article-large__topic-tag"> <a href="/asia/china" class="card-article-large__topic-tag-link"> China </a> </div> <a href="/blog/review-beijing-rules-how-china-weaponized-its-economy-confront-world " class="card-article-large__link"> <div class="card-article-large__title"> Review of Beijing Rules: How China Weaponized Its Economy to Confront the World </div> <div class="card-article-large__image"> <div class="card-article-large__image-cover" style="background-image: url(//cdn.cfr.org/sites/default/files/styles/card_landscape_m_380x253/public/image/2023/11/BeijingRules_B.jpg.webp)"></div> </div> </a> <div class="card-article-large__dek clamp-js" data-clamp-lines="4">According to a new book by Axios reporter Bethany Allen, China has developed an authoritarian economic statecraft to reshape the global order. </div> <div class="card-article-large__metadata"> <span class="card-article-large__publication-type">Post</span> <span class="card-article-large__authors">by <a href="/bio/abi-mcgowan" class="card-article-large__authors-link">Abi McGowan</a> </span> <span class="card-article-large__date"> November 14, 2023</span> <a href="/blog/asia-unbound" class="card-article-large__series"> Asia Unbound </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </span></div> </li> <li class="views-row krt-grid__list-item"> <div class="views-field views-field-search-api-rendered-item"><span class="field-content"> <div class="card-article-large card-article-book-report card-article-large--with-thumbnail"> <div class="card-article-large__container"> <div class="card-article-large__content"> <div class="card-article-large__topic-tag"> <a href="/world-health-organization-who" class="card-article-large__topic-tag-link"> World Health Organization (WHO) </a> </div> <a href="/report/negotiating-global-health-security " class="card-article-large__link"> <div class="card-article-large__title"> Negotiating Global Health Security </div> <div class="card-article-large__image"> <picture> <source media="all and (min-width: 1280px)" type="image/webp" width="169" height="253" data-srcset="//cdn.cfr.org/sites/default/files/styles/featured_content_image/public/image/2023/09/CFR_CSR97_Cover_NegotiatingGlobalHealthSecurity.png.webp 1x"/> <source media="all and (max-width: 1279px) and (min-width: 1024px)" type="image/webp" width="169" height="253" data-srcset="//cdn.cfr.org/sites/default/files/styles/featured_content_image/public/image/2023/09/CFR_CSR97_Cover_NegotiatingGlobalHealthSecurity.png.webp 1x"/> <source media="all and (max-width: 1023px) and (min-width: 750px)" type="image/webp" width="169" height="253" data-srcset="//cdn.cfr.org/sites/default/files/styles/featured_content_image/public/image/2023/09/CFR_CSR97_Cover_NegotiatingGlobalHealthSecurity.png.webp 1x"/> <source media="all and (max-width: 749px)" type="image/webp" width="169" height="253" data-srcset="//cdn.cfr.org/sites/default/files/styles/featured_content_image/public/image/2023/09/CFR_CSR97_Cover_NegotiatingGlobalHealthSecurity.png.webp 1x"/> <img width="169" height="253" alt="" loading="lazy" class="lazyload" data-src="//cdn.cfr.org/sites/default/files/styles/featured_content_image/public/image/2023/09/CFR_CSR97_Cover_NegotiatingGlobalHealthSecurity.png.webp" /> </picture> </div> </a> <div class="card-article-large__dek clamp-js" 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