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Amid renewed calls for changes in the world order, the president sought to stress his support for greater inclusion of developing nations in addressing economic, social, and climate concerns.
Sustainable Development Goals (UN)
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield discusses the Sustainable Development Goals, avoiding the cynicism trap, and ways the United States and the United Nations can work together to increase peace and prosperity at home and across the world.
Climate Change
This season was exceptional, marked by historic heat, wildfires, and storms. In vulnerable countries, public health, livelihoods, and entire economies are at risk.
Gender equality is a crucial missing piece of the climate puzzle. If governments want a fighting chance of reducing greenhouse-gas emissions and shifting to renewable energy, they must give women more access to inputs, education, and capital.
Semiconductors
To reverse the three decade long decline in the United States' share of semiconductor manufacturing, a concerted effort is required.
The threat of climate change and the rise of China have prompted renewed debate about the U.S. government’s role in shaping the economy.
The World Trade Organization needs an updated toolbox in the face of rising industrial policies across the globe.
Women's Political Leadership
Female representation in politics leads to numerous benefits, but the vast majority of the world’s most powerful politicians are men. Using the Council on Foreign Relations’ Women’s Power Index tool to track women’s leadership across the globe, this episode examines the problems that arise from a shortage of female leaders.
Find out where women around the world wield political power—and why it matters.
Governor of Tokyo Koike Yuriko shares her thoughts on gender equality issues in Japan and how local government policy can make a difference.
Climate Change
Mobilizing investments needed to transition to net-zero energy require broad public backing and participation. Since poor people are less likely to support climate action, simultaneous efforts to alleviate poverty are essential.
Michelle Gavin, the Ralph Bunche senior fellow for Africa policy studies at the Council, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the impact of climate change in the Horn of Africa. This series is made possible by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
The Caribbean is already bearing the brunt of climate change. Governments in the region are taking steps to combat it, but are they enough?
CFR mourns the passing of James F. Hoge Jr., a transformative former editor of Foreign Affairs and CFR member of forty-eight years.
Events
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar discusses Ireland’s priorities at the United Nations, including its commitment to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the European response to the war in Ukraine, and updates on issues in Northern Ireland.
Foreign Secretary James Cleverly discusses the United Kingdom’s foreign policy priorities and approach to the seventy-eighth United Nations General Assembly.
Sustainable Development Goals (UN)
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield discusses the Sustainable Development Goals, avoiding the cynicism trap, and ways the United States and the United Nations can work together to increase peace and prosperity at home and across the world.
Mathias Döpfner discusses global trade, political polarization, the role of media in foreign policy, and lessons learned as chairman and CEO of Axel Springer SE, a multinational media company and owner of U.S. media brands including Politico and Business Insider.
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.
Expert Spotlight
Ray Takeyh
Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies
Robert D. Blackwill
Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy
Ebenezer Obadare
Douglas Dillon Senior Fellow for Africa Studies
Tom Frieden
Senior Fellow for Global Health
Health Public Health Threats and Pandemics
@DrTomFrieden
Edward Alden
Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow
Trade Immigration and Migration Economics
@edwardalden
Bruce Hoffman
Shelby Cullom and Kathryn W. Davis Senior Fellow for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security
Terrorism and Counterterrorism Wars and Conflict Intelligence
David P. Fidler
Senior Fellow for Global Health and Cybersecurity
Roger W. Ferguson Jr.
Steven A. Tananbaum Distinguished Fellow for International Economics
Ann Norris
Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy
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
James M. Lindsay
Senior Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair
United States Politics and Government Polls and Public Opinion
Henri J. Barkey
Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies
Martin S. Indyk
Lowy Distinguished Fellow in U.S.-Middle East Diplomacy
Zongyuan Zoe Liu
Maurice R. Greenberg Fellow for China Studies
Sebastian Mallaby
Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics
John B. Bellinger III
Adjunct Senior Fellow for International and National Security Law
Kenneth S. Rogoff
Senior Fellow for Economics
Matthew C. Waxman
Adjunct Senior Fellow for Law and Foreign Policy
Scott A. Snyder
Senior Fellow for Korea Studies and Director of the Program on U.S.-Korea Policy
Stephen Biddle
Adjunct Senior Fellow for Defense Policy
Alice C. Hill
David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment
Stephen Sestanovich
George F. Kennan Senior Fellow for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Richard Haass
President Emeritus, Council on Foreign Relations
Paul B. Stares
General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director of the Center for Preventive Action
Max Boot
Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies
Sheila A. Smith
John E. Merow Senior Fellow for Asia-Pacific Studies
Benn Steil
Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics
Shannon K. O'Neil
Vice President, Deputy Director of Studies, and Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies
Explainers
U.S.-Taiwan Relations in a New Era
U.S. policy toward Taiwan needs to evolve to contend with a more capable, assertive, and risk-acceptant China that is increasingly dissatisfied with the status quo.
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