The World This Week February 26, 2021 Steven A. Cook 
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman attends a Gulf Cooperation Council summit in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. (Bandar Algaloud/Saudi Royal Court/Reuters) Investors flocking to Riyadh's "Davos in the Desert" prove that nobody knows what accountability for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi would even mean. Read the article
Sheila A. Smith Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will keep working to upgrade Japan's military amid increasing pressures from China, North Korea, and Russia. Read the brief Joshua Kurlantzick On Monday, Myanmar protestors staged the largest demonstrations since the coup, in the face of junta warnings that the protests could be met with significant force. Read more on Asia Unbound Scott A. Snyder Although Kim Jong-un appears to have walked away from the Singapore Declaration, the Joe Biden administration should leave the door open for North Korea to take part in substantive working-level negotiations. Read more on Asia Unbound 
In this episode of Why It Matters, CFR Senior Fellow Sebastian Mallaby and former Vice Chairman for the U.S. Federal Reserve Roger Ferguson break down the real and symbolic benefits of the dollar's status, and assess the potential for competitors, such as the Chinese renminbi, the euro, and even cryptocurrency, to displace it. Listen on iOS, Spotify, or desktop. Shannon K. O'Neil Misguided energy policies threaten Mexico's manufacturing sector and the global fight against climate change. Read the column This month, NASA completed a series of unmanned missions to Mars, when it landed the Perseverance rover to search for signs that life previously existed on the planet. But the agency's role has diminished, and the number of global space competitors is growing. Get the background Ray Takeyh via Foreign Affairs In the four decades since he left office, it has become clear that, at least in the case of Iran, President Jimmy Carter was far from weak and hapless. Read the article
Inside CFR Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) discusses the future of U.S. foreign policy in the Persian Gulf, the status of American support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen, and the foreign policy priorities for the 117th Congress. Watch the discussion
Panelists including CFR Senior Fellow Stephen Sestanovich discuss U.S.-Russia relations, including issues such as Ukraine, cybersecurity, and the domestic political outlook in both countries. Watch the discussion
Panelists including CFR Adjunct Senior Fellow Jendayi E. Frazer discuss how diplomacy can be used to advance U.S. interests. Watch the dicussion Council on Foreign Relations 58 East 68th Street — New York, NY 10065
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