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U.S. lawmakers are racing to negotiate an increase to the debt limit before the Treasury Department runs out of money to pay the nation’s bills. This Backgrounder explains what’s at stake.
A U.S. default would send a shock through the global economy and risk the credibility of the U.S. dollar. It would also alarm U.S. allies while presenting a gift to its adversaries.
After years of steadily increasing debt, emergency spending in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has taken U.S. debt to levels not seen since World War II.
United States
Here are the stories of five Americans who were awarded the Medal of Honor.
As 2022 comes to a close, here are ten Americans we lost this year who made a mark in foreign policy.
G7 (Group of Seven)
Prime Minister Kishida Fumio hosts the G7 summit as an outspoken champion of the rules-based international order. Japan hopes to galvanize support and recognition of its own security concerns in the Indo-Pacific as well.
Diplomacy and International Institutions
The Group of Seven (G7) serves as a forum to coordinate global policy, but experts are increasingly questioning the group’s relevance.
Sudan
As armed conflict rages on, Sudan’s devastating humanitarian crisis continues to worsen. More than one million people could flee to neighboring countries, threatening regional upheaval.
Amid protracted conflict in Sudan, the United States should work to lower the temperature amongst external actors, and support Sudanese citizens, who remain steadfast in their aspirations for a civilian-led government.
National Security
Gun violence has become integral to the American childhood. With an estimated three million U.S. children exposed to shootings every year, the physical, psychological, and societal toll of gun violence on the youngest generations continues to grow. Analyzing this crisis through the lens of public health could shed light on novel ways to alleviate and eliminate the burden of gun violence. Our speakers, Arne Duncan, former secretary of education, and Megan Ranney, academic dean at Brown University School of Public Health, discuss this ongoing epidemic of violence.
The United States is witnessing another year of record gun violence, raising domestic and international scrutiny of its comparatively loose gun laws and placing pressure on lawmakers to enact meaningful reforms.
KISSINGER AND THE COUNCIL
As the former secretary of state marks his one hundredth birthday, Richard Haass looks back at his long, substantive relationship with CFR.
As the former secretary of state marks his one hundredth birthday, Richard Haass looks back at his long, substantive relationship with CFR.
Events
White House Homeland Security Advisor Liz Sherwood-Randall discusses how the Biden Administration prepares for and responds to a broad range of threats to the Homeland.
The Kenneth A. Moskow Memorial Lecture on Homeland Security and Counterterrorism honors the memory of longtime Council member Kenneth A. Moskow, who made this event possible through a generous bequest. His intent was to establish an annual event to bring together the leaders of the intelligence community and promote discussion on critical issues in counterterrorism.
The U.S. military service chiefs discuss U.S. defense priorities around the world and the state of the American armed forces.
The Robert B. McKeon Endowed Series on Military Strategy and Leadership features prominent individuals from the military and intelligence communities.
Dan Schulman discusses the future of the digital economy, the evolving role of business in society, and leadership lessons learned as president and CEO of PayPal.
The CEO Speaker Series is a unique forum for leading global CEOs to share their insights on issues at the center of commerce and foreign policy, and to discuss the changing role of business globally.
Martin Wolf discusses the relationship between capitalism and democracy, the origins of the “democratic recession” of the last decade and a half, and ways to strengthen democratic capitalism against its enemies.
The C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics brings the world's foremost economic policymakers and scholars to address members on current topics in international economics and U.S. monetary policy. This meeting series is presented by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies.
This meeting is part of the Diamonstein-Spielvogel Project on the Future of Democracy.
Expert Spotlight
Matthew C. Waxman
Adjunct Senior Fellow for Law and Foreign Policy
Robert D. Blackwill
Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy
Kenneth S. Rogoff
Senior Fellow for Economics
James M. Lindsay
Senior Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair
United States Politics and Government Polls and Public Opinion
John B. Bellinger III
Adjunct Senior Fellow for International and National Security Law
Scott A. Snyder
Senior Fellow for Korea Studies and Director of the Program on U.S.-Korea Policy
Paul B. Stares
General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director of the Center for Preventive Action
Stephen Biddle
Adjunct Senior Fellow for Defense Policy
David P. Fidler
Senior Fellow for Global Health and Cybersecurity
Robert E. Rubin
Chairman Emeritus; Former Secretary of the U.S. Treasury
Martin S. Indyk
Lowy Distinguished Fellow in U.S.-Middle East Diplomacy
Jennifer Nuzzo
Senior Fellow for Global Health
Health Public Health Threats and Pandemics Health Policy and Initiatives
Roger W. Ferguson Jr.
Steven A. Tananbaum Distinguished Fellow for International Economics
Ebenezer Obadare
Douglas Dillon Senior Fellow for Africa Studies
Catherine Powell
Adjunct Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy
Sebastian Mallaby
Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics
Brad W. Setser
Whitney Shepardson Senior Fellow
Ann Norris
Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy
Thomas J. Bollyky
Senior Fellow for Global Health, Economics, and Development and Director of the Global Health Program
Zongyuan Zoe Liu
Fellow for International Political Economy
Gideon Rose
Mary and David Boies Distinguished Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy
Wars and Conflict Middle East and North Africa Southeast Asia
Ray Takeyh
Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies
Christopher M. Tuttle
Senior Fellow and Director of the Renewing America Initiative
Congresses and Parliaments Polls and Public Opinion Elections and Voting
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
Alice C. Hill
David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment
Sheila A. Smith
John E. Merow Senior Fellow for Asia-Pacific Studies
Max Boot
Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies
Benn Steil
Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics
Explainers
The Complicated U.S.-China Relationship
The United States and China have an important and complex relationships marked by periods of both tension and cooperation over issues including trade, climate change, and Taiwan.
Featured Publications
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