Council on Foreign Relations

Paris to Kyoto: The History of UN Climate Agreements

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 November 6, 2025 Renewing America

Climate Change

Paris to Kyoto: The History of UN Climate Agreements

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 November 6, 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

China Strategy Initiative

Protecting the Foundation: Strengthening Export Controls on Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment

Mr. McGuire’s testimony to the House Foreign Affairs Committee argues that export controls related to semiconductor manufacturing equipment (SME) and advanced semiconductors are one of the most power…

Testimony by Chris McGuire November 20, 2025 Asia Program

China Strategy Initiative

Protecting the Foundation: Strengthening Export Controls on Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment

Testimony by Chris McGuire November 20, 2025 Asia Program

United States

Reckoning with History: Presidential Leadership and Moral Responsibility

Panelists discuss how U.S. presidents have leveraged executive power to confront political violence, human rights abuses, and other global challenges, highlighting the ways presidential leadership has shaped America’s legacy of responsibility, reconciliation, and transitional justice. Please note there is no virtual component to the meeting.

Event with Meena Bose, David J. Scheffer, Ruti G. Teitel and Jacob M. Weisberg December 2, 2025 International Institutions and Global Governance Program

United States

Reckoning with History: Presidential Leadership and Moral Responsibility

Event with Meena Bose, David J. Scheffer, Ruti G. Teitel and Jacob M. Weisberg December 2, 2025 International Institutions and Global Governance Program

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December 10, 2025

Trade

Trade Calendar

Trade and tariffs are a central part of President Donald Trump’s international economic policy. Stay up to date with the Council on Foreign Relation’s calendar of significant trade-related events.

Article by Allison J. Smith and Ivana Lefebvre d'Argence RealEcon

December 8, 2025

Daily News Brief

Prep for Phase Two of Gaza Truce Progresses

Welcome to the Daily News Brief, CFR’s flagship morning newsletter summarizing the top global news and analysis of the day. Subscribe to the Daily News Brief to receive it every weekday morning …

Article by CFR Editors

June 20, 2006

North Korea

Allison: U.S. Policy on North Korea ’Abject Failure’; Iran May Be Closer to Nuclear Weapons Than U.S. Thinks

Graham Allison, a leading expert on nuclear terrorism, says the Bush administration policy toward North Korea of "threaten and neglect" has been a failure. He also warns that faulty U.S. intelligence…

Interview by Graham T. Allison and Bernard Gwertzman

October 8, 2025

RealEcon

Missing the Mark: Trump Investments Not Likely to Help Those Most in Need

The Trump administration says its trade and investment policies are aimed to help struggling Americans. However, a preliminary look at recently announced investments shows that the administration may…

Article by Allison J. Smith and Madeline Burns RealEcon

September 25, 2025

United Nations

How Much Does the U.S. Fund the United Nations?

The United States has historically been the largest donor to the United Nations. However, during his second term, President Trump has reduced U.S. funding, withdrawn from major agencies, and scaled b…

Displaced people get off a UNHCR truck in Kanyaruchinya, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Backgrounder by Mariel Ferragamo and Diana Roy

March 25, 2025

Economics

American Views on Economic Leadership

CFR’s RealEcon team traveled across the country to ask Americans what they think of trade, aid, and other international economic policies.

Two men in hard hats and protective glasses on a factory floor.

Report by Matthew P. Goodman and Allison J. Smith RealEcon

February 27, 2025

Robots and Robotics

Robotics and the Quest for Smarter Machines

In this episode of The Interconnect, Stanford mechanical engineering professor Allison Okamura and OpenAI’s Kevin Weil discuss how artificial intelligence will transform modern robotics, where more c…

Podcast by Martin Giles, Kevin Weil, and Allison Okamura The Interconnect

January 1, 1998

Americas

Educational Reform in Latin America

Overview During the past five years, most of the countries of Latin America have begun to walk down the path of economic and political reform. A new generation of leaders has implemented tariff re…

Report by Allison L.C. de Cerreño and Cassandra Pyle