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President Yoon Suk-yeol’s offer of economic assistance in exchange for North Korean denuclearization is the most generous yet, but Pyongyang is likely to reject it out of hand.
North Korea has embarked on an accelerated buildup of nuclear weapons and the modernization of its already large conventional force.
Pollution
The United Nations is pursuing an international agreement to curb plastic waste, one of the most pervasive pollutants.
For years, China processed more than half of the world’s plastic recycling. Then, in 2018, it stopped. Things have gotten messy since then.
Kenya
With a divided electoral commission and legal challenges in the works, Kenya’s presidential election is neither the disaster some feared, nor the unambiguous success hoped for by champions of democracy.
Afghanistan
A year after the U.S. withdrawal, half of Afghanistan’s population faces a food emergency, and the Taliban regime acts with cruelty and indifference.
The Taliban surged back to power two decades after U.S.-led forces toppled their regime in what led to the United States’ longest war.
Taiwan
China’s response to Speaker Pelosi’s Taiwan visit was an overreaction of choice
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi became the first speaker in twenty-five years to visit Taiwan.
The United States and China have one of the world’s most important and complex bilateral relationships. Since 1949, the countries have experienced periods of both tension and cooperation over issues including trade, climate change, and Taiwan.
Energy
The United States is the world’s top producer of oil and natural gas. Its decision to either continue at this pace or curb production to achieve its climate goals will have global consequences.
The Inflation Reduction Act promises the largest investment in climate action in U.S. history—$370 billion—and could lead to significant emissions reductions over the next decade.
Our panelists discussed the U.S. approach to energy, from foreign oil dependence to the transition to and consideration of other energy sources, and climate concerns.
With its Renewing America initiative, CFR is evaluating nine critical domestic issues that shape the ability of the United States to navigate a demanding, competitive, and dangerous world.
Events
With its judgment in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the U.S. Supreme Court eliminated the constitutional right to abortion. Striking down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision provides state governments with newfound power to enact and enforce laws that curtail abortion access. The consequences of the ruling will reverberate beyond access to abortion to affect women’s equality, bodily autonomy, healthcare, democracy, criminal justice, and U.S. credibility to influence the protection of international human rights.
Our speakers—Reem Alsalem, UN special rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, and Julie C. Suk, professor of law at Fordham University School of Law—discuss what the ruling means for democracy and human rights in the United States and its implications beyond U.S. borders.
U.S. Special Envoy Jessica Stern discusses the global state of LGBTQI+ rights, findings from the release of the first annual Interagency Report on the Implementation of the Presidential Memorandum on Advancing the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons Around the World, and the importance of U.S. leadership in advancing these rights.
Expert Spotlight
Scott A. Snyder
Senior Fellow for Korea Studies and Director of the Program on U.S.-Korea Policy
Sebastian Mallaby
Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics
Richard K. Betts
Adjunct Senior Fellow for National Security Studies
Stephen Sestanovich
George F. Kennan Senior Fellow for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Ray Takeyh
Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies
Gideon Rose
Mary and David Boies Distinguished Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy
Wars and Conflict Middle East and North Africa Southeast Asia
Jennifer Hillman
Senior Fellow for Trade and International Political Economy
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
Adjunct Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy
Ebenezer Obadare
Douglas Dillon Senior Fellow for Africa Studies
Matthew C. Waxman
Adjunct Senior Fellow for Law and Foreign Policy
Alice C. Hill
David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment
Shannon K. O'Neil
Vice President, Deputy Director of Studies, and Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies
Bruce Hoffman
Shelby Cullom and Kathryn W. Davis Senior Fellow for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security
Terrorism and Counterterrorism Wars and Conflict Intelligence
Steven A. Cook
Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies and Director of the International Affairs Fellowship for Tenured International Relations Scholars
Sheila A. Smith
John E. Merow Senior Fellow for Asia-Pacific Studies
Henri J. Barkey
Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies
Benn Steil
Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics
Paul B. Stares
General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director of the Center for Preventive Action
Stewart M. Patrick
James H. Binger Senior Fellow in Global Governance and Director of the International Institutions and Global Governance Program
Global Governance Diplomacy and International Institutions International Organizations
Brad W. Setser
Whitney Shepardson Senior Fellow
Laura Taylor-Kale
Fellow for Innovation and Economic Competitiveness
Jendayi E. Frazer
Adjunct Senior Fellow for Africa Studies
Sub-Saharan Africa U.S. Foreign Policy Politics and Government
Christopher M. Tuttle
Senior Fellow and Director of the Renewing America Initiative
Congresses and Parliaments Polls and Public Opinion Elections and Voting
Adam Segal
Ira A. Lipman Chair in Emerging Technologies and National Security and Director of the Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program
Robert E. Rubin
Chairman Emeritus; Former Secretary of the U.S. Treasury
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