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Will the United States Attack Iran After the Midterms?
Geopolitika · CFR · Bliski Istok · 23. listopada 2026. · Think-tank

After nearly nine months of war with Iran, President Donald Trump faces a choice: escalate the conflict with Tehran, find a way to coexist, or stand pat.

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Will Europe’s Protests Mark a Turning Point?
Geopolitika · CFR · SAD · 23. listopada 2026. · Think-tank

CFR President Michael Froman analyzes the recent European protests ahead of upcoming elections and changing U.S. relations.

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Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev Warns President John F. Kennedy of “Catastrophic Consequences”—Cuban Missile Crisis, Day Eight
Geopolitika · CFR · SAD · 23. listopada 2026. · Think-tank

U.S. success in rallying support in the Americas for a naval quarantine of Cuba and a strong speech by the U.S. ambassador to the United Nation is eclipsed by an unyielding response from Moscow.

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Pete Hegseth’s Campaign to Remake the U.S. Military
Geopolitika · CFR · Kina · 23. listopada 2026. · Think-tank

The secretary of defense’s shake-up of the senior ranks raises hard questions about the future of U.S. military leadership. Carla Anne Robbins turns to the New York Times’ Greg Jaffe to explain who is being pushed out, and why it matters.

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The Iran War and the Midterms
Geopolitika · CFR · Bliski Istok · 22. listopada 2026. · Think-tank

We Discuss: Mentioned on the Episode: Cole Bucy and Nate Swanson, “Trump Unleashed,” Foreign Policy

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Israel’s Election: Who’s Who and What’s at Stake?
Geopolitika · CFR · Bliski Istok · 22. listopada 2026. · Think-tank

Israel’s October 27 election could reshape the country’s political landscape, but neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s allies nor the opposition has a clear path to a governing majority. The outcome of the vote could determine not only who leads Israel, but how the country…

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Brazil’s Runoff Election Is a Close Race Between Lula and Bolsonaro
Geopolitika · CFR · Lat. Amerika · 22. listopada 2026. · Think-tank

This week on The Spillover, Rebecca Patterson and Shannon O’Neil, senior vice president of studies at CFR, discuss Brazil’s October 25 presidential runoff and whether either leader can deliver what both voters and markets want. Brazil’s runoff presidential election is on October …

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President John F. Kennedy Tells the World That Soviet Missiles Are in Cuba-Cuban Missile Crisis, Day Seven
Geopolitika · CFR · SAD · 22. listopada 2026. · Think-tank

JFK informed the world that the United States was imposing a naval quarantine on Cuba in response to the Soviet decision to install nuclear-armed ballistic missiles on the island.

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Could Flávio Bolsonaro Deliver on His Fiscal Promises?
Geopolitika · CFR · Lat. Amerika · 22. listopada 2026. · Think-tank

Investors are betting that the Brazilian presidential candidate will rein in public debt. But structural and political hurdles make austerity easier to promise than to enact.

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Trump's Putin Overtures Deserve Criticism. But Outrage Won't End the Ukraine War.
Geopolitika · CFR · SAD · 21. listopada 2026. · Think-tank

As Trump’s envoy meets Putin in St. Petersburg, critics accuse the White House of abandoning Ukraine. CFR’s Thomas Graham argues that this criticism may be warranted, but dialogue and diplomacy remain the only route to a settlement that preserves Ukraine’s sovereignty and alignme…

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Surging Export Similarity is Fueling Advanced Economy Trade Tensions with China
Geopolitika · CFR · Kina · 21. listopada 2026. · Think-tank

Growing global imbalances are only one source of trade frictions with China. Another is the soaring similarity in the export baskets of China and the advanced-economy countries.

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President John F. Kennedy Prepares to Tell the Nation About Soviet Missiles in Cuba—Cuban Missile Crisis, Day Six
Geopolitika · CFR · Lat. Amerika · 21. listopada 2026. · Think-tank

JFK and his advisors wordsmithed the speech he would give revealing the escalating Cuban Missile Crisis to the public for the first time.

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Unpacking MI5’s Warning on a ‘New Era’ of Security Threats
Geopolitika · CFR · Globalno · 21. listopada 2026. · Think-tank

The UK domestic intelligence agency’s annual update rightly focused on a whole-of-society response. But it only scratched the surface of the threat posed by algorithm-driven echo chambers.

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A Dozen Numbers That Explain the Midterms
Geopolitika · CFR · Kina · 20. listopada 2026. · Think-tank

A few figures explain what is at stake on Election Day and why Republicans fear they may be hit by a blue wave.

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How Carolyn Rodrigues Birkett Would Lead the United Nations: Three Interview Takeaways
Geopolitika · CFR · Kina · 20. listopada 2026. · Think-tank

The next secretary-general of the United Nations will need to lead at a time of crises in all three pillars of the institution: peace and security, development, and human rights. In CFR’s UN Secretary-General Candidates Series, Carolyn Rodrigues Birkett explains why she is suited…

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President John F. Kennedy Fakes a Fever—The Cuban Missile Crisis, Day Five
Geopolitika · CFR · SAD · 20. listopada 2026. · Think-tank

JFK pleaded illness to cancel a Midwest campaign trip and return to Washington to decide how to respond to the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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New CFR Book by Charles A. Kupchan Provides a Guide to Building Order in a Multipolar World
Geopolitika · CFR · SAD · 20. listopada 2026. · Think-tank

“The stable and open international order erected during America’s watch—Pax Americana—is unraveling, giving way to global disarray,” writes Charles A. Kupchan, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), in his new book, Bringing Order to Anarchy: Governing the World…

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AI Is Supercharging Cyber Scams and Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia
Geopolitika · CFR · Azija · 19. listopada 2026. · Think-tank

Cyber-enabled scams are spreading globally with the aid of emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI). In Southeast Asia, criminal networks are using AI to traffic individuals into scam centers and leveraging the technology to deceive fraud victims.

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John F. Kennedy Campaigns While the ExComm Debates—The Cuban Missile Crisis, Day Four
Geopolitika · CFR · SAD · 19. listopada 2026. · Think-tank

JFK’s speeches on the campaign trail in Illinois and Ohio gave no hint of the crisis that the United States faced.

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Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko Lies to President John F. Kennedy—The Cuban Missile Crisis, Day Three
Geopolitika · CFR · Lat. Amerika · 18. listopada 2026. · Think-tank

JFK keeps quiet about the discovery of Soviet missiles in Cuba as he meets a Soviet diplomat and the secret becomes increasingly harder to keep.

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John F. Kennedy Solicits Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Advice—The Cuban Missile Crisis, Day Two
Geopolitika · CFR · Lat. Amerika · 17. listopada 2026. · Think-tank

President John F. Kennedy works to project a sense of normalcy as his predecessor urges a miliary response.

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Ukraine’s Attacks on Russian Data Centers Lay Bare a Global Risk to AI
Geopolitika · CFR · Europa · 16. listopada 2026. · Think-tank

The physical nature of data centers makes them highly vulnerable. But there are steps that governments and companies can take to reduce risks from attacks.

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Trump’s Russian Diesel Deal, Explained
Geopolitika · CFR · Europa · 16. listopada 2026. · Think-tank

Trump announced a new diesel deal with Putin on October 9 to the surprise of many U.S. allies. Experts argue the agreement could undercut Western economic pressure on Russia and solidarity efforts with Ukraine while doing little to lower fuel prices.

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The Victory of Asymmetry in the Iran War
Geopolitika · CFR · Bliski Istok · 16. listopada 2026. · Think-tank

CFR President Michael Froman analyzes the Iran war and the future of power in the Middle East.

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JFK Learns That Soviet Missiles Are in Cuba—The Cuban Missile Crisis, Day One
Geopolitika · CFR · Lat. Amerika · 16. listopada 2026. · Think-tank

President John F. Kennedy learned that the Soviets were installing nuclear missiles in Cuba and sought to project a sense to the world that nothing was amiss.

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