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Chinese President Xi Jinping and Henry Kissinger, former U.S. secretary of state, attend a meeting.

Henry Kissinger, Foreign Policy, and Global Health

by David P. Fidler

Kissinger’s legacy informs the U.S. foreign policy experience with global health

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DOCUMENT DATE:  February 28, 2020  Travis Hayes, 65, injects what he says is the synthetic drug fentanyl, across the street from where San Francisco mayor London Breed just held a news conference introducing legislation in curbing the rise of deadly overdoses in the city, at the Tenderloin section of San Francisco, California, U.S., February 27, 2020.

Fentanyl and Foreign Policy

by David P. Fidler

A domestic crisis confronts transnational challenges and geopolitical calculations

U.S. President Joe Biden salutes from Air Force One as he departs for Egypt to attend the COP27 summit from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, on November 10, 2022.
Governance

The Midterm Elections and U.S. Policy on Public and Global Health

by David P. Fidler

The elections produced double-edged results for U.S. efforts to strengthen public health at home and abroad

A large yellow biohazard sign on the wall at the bio-containment facility at Spiez Laboratory, available to WHO as a repository for COVID viruses and other pathogens with pandemic potential, in Spiez, Switzerland, June 8, 2022.
Governance

Strengthening the Biological Weapons Convention's Contributions to Global Health Security

by Aurelia Attal-Juncqua, Matthew Shearer, Gigi Kwik Gronvall

Countering Russian disinformation creates opportunities to enhance the BWC's role against dangerous pathogens

President Joe Biden delivers a speech at a wooden podium while wearing a dark blue suit with a white shirt and striped tie
Governance

Changing Foreign Policy on Cyberspace: Lessons for U.S. Global Health Engagement

by David P. Fidler

Proposals to transform U.S. cyber foreign policy can inform rethinking global health engagement