Council on Foreign Relations

Global Climate Agreements: Successes and Failures

International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.

by Lindsay Maizland and Clara Fong January 21, 2025 Renewing America

Climate Change

Global Climate Agreements: Successes and Failures

International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.

by Lindsay Maizland and Clara Fong January 21, 2025 Renewing America

Health

How Tobacco Laws Could Help Close the Racial Gap on Cancer

During the 2020 presidential campaign, Joe Biden promised that his administration would make a “historic effort” to reduce long-running racial inequities in health. Tobacco use—the leading cause of p…

by Olivia Angelino, Thomas J. Bollyky, Elle Ruggiero and Isabella Turilli February 1, 2023 Global Health Program

Health

How Tobacco Laws Could Help Close the Racial Gap on Cancer

by Olivia Angelino, Thomas J. Bollyky, Elle Ruggiero and Isabella Turilli February 1, 2023 Global Health Program

Japan

Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae Takes Charge

October 21, 2025, marked a historic first for Japan. The Japanese Diet elected Takaichi Sanae, the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), to the country’s highest office. As Japan’s first fema…

by Sheila A. Smith October 21, 2025 Asia Unbound

Japan

Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae Takes Charge

by Sheila A. Smith October 21, 2025 Asia Unbound

United States

Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, Dean Keren Yarhi-Milo, and Ambassador John Sullivan on 'Inside the Situation Room'

In partnership with Columbia University's School on International and Public Affairs, panelists discuss what effective crisis decision-making looks like in practice, how to understand America’s adversaries, and lessons for future leaders navigating crises in national security. Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton and Columbia SIPA Dean Keren Yarhi-Milo's new book, Inside the Situation Room, offers a window into how presidents and policymakers weigh risks, build consensus, and communicate their decisions to the wider public. Blending fresh case studies with insights from political science, and inspired by their popular class at Columbia, the book offers a framework for understanding leadership under pressure and the art of managing crises in real time. Copies of Inside the Situation Room will be available for purchase during the event. The David A. Morse Lecture was inaugurated in 1994 and supports an annual meeting with distinguished speakers. It honors the memory of David A. Morse, an active Council on Foreign Relations member for nearly thirty years.

Virtual Event with Keren Yarhi-Milo, Hillary Rodham Clinton, John J. Sullivan and David Westin October 8, 2025

United States

Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, Dean Keren Yarhi-Milo, and Ambassador John Sullivan on 'Inside the Situation Room'

Virtual Event with Keren Yarhi-Milo, Hillary Rodham Clinton, John J. Sullivan and David Westin October 8, 2025

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January 12, 2022

Israel

Israel, Iran, and the Archbishop of Canterbury

In recent weeks the Iran nuclear talks restarted, and the Archbishop of Canterbury delivered himself of a statement criticizing Israel's treatment of Christians. Herewith, comments on both matters. …

Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

March 6, 2014

Iran

Iran and "Karine B"

The capture of a ship on its way to Gaza and carrying rockets supplied by Iran has made the news. The cargo includes dozens of M302 rockets with ranges of over 100 miles, which would bring most of Is…

Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

December 4, 2020

Transition 2021

Transition 2021: The Looming Iran Crisis

Each Friday, I look at what is happening in President-Elect Joe Biden’s transition to the White House. This week: Iran will likely provide an early test for Biden and his national security team.

The Iranian flag flies in front of a nuclear power plant.

Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

March 1, 2021

Iran

Biden Fires a Warning Shot at Iran

President Biden, after little more than a month in power, has used military force for the first time--against Iran. In my previous post here, "Biden and Iran: Two Questions," I asked what the preside…

Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

June 27, 2012

Iran

The Voice of Iran

Why is it significant that the vice president of Iran has used a United Nations forum to deliver an appalling anti-Semitic speech? This happened yesterday in Geneva, as the New York Times reported. …

Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

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