Council on Foreign Relations

Micah Zenko and Michael A. Levi argue that the United States must change how it handles its nuclear arsenal.

Listen to CFR's Michael A. Levi discuss the Copenhagen Accord and the implications of last month's UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Frank E. Loy and Michael Levi defend the so-called "Copenhagen Accord,"as "a serious step forward, if a severely limited one."

Michael Levi declares that "The UN process can no longer be the central focus of global efforts to confront climate change."

"Who, when it comes crunch time, might walk away if they don't see the right deal?" asks Michael Levi referring to the climate change negotiations going on in Copenhagen.

We should not underestimate the importance of the European Union's committment to give about $10 Billion over three years in climate assistance to developing nations, writes Michael Levi.

With an eye on the numbers associated with emissions and climate change, Michael Levi writes that representatives at the Copenhagen conference ought to accept the United States' proposal for emissions cuts.

Michael Levi defends the so-called "Danish text," pointing out that its practical and important aspects are getting lost in the midst of all the controversy surrounding it.

Michael Levi comments what the EPA's recent classification of greenhouse gases as a pollutant means for the Copenhagen Conference.

Michael Levi lays out five stories that could have a significant impact on the outcome of the Copenhagen Climate Conference.

Listen to CFR's Michael A. Levi discuss priorities and challenges facing the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, with students, as part of CFR's Academic Conference Call series.

If the objective of climate change policies is to be achieved, within a generation the way in which
energy is produced and used will have to have changed totally, write Antony Froggatt and Michael Levi.

Considering that heads of state from across Europe and the Chinese Premier are all going to be at the Copenhagen Conference, President Obama is likely to be there too, writes Michael Levi.

Michael Levi proposes the creation of a new multilateral mechanism for climate policy review, so as to better evaluate the success understand the viability of the climate policies of both developing and developed nations.

Michael A. Levi testifies before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on the state of global efforts to combat climate change,  prospects for the ongoing United Nations climate negotiations, and climate policy in Europe and India.

As part of a larger publication, assessing the effectiveness of the economic stimulus, Michael Levi and Adam Segal write that the Department of Energy is pursuing a "prudent and sound" strategy for investing their share. The more pressing concern, according to Levi and Segal, is that Congress may forgo funding the department in favor of more "politically attractive" options.