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 January 9, 2026 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 January 9, 2026 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

Conflict Prevention

Conflicts to Watch in 2026

The world continues to grow more violent and disorderly. According to CFR’s annual conflict risk assessment, American foreign policy experts are acutely concerned about conflict-related threats to U.S. national security and international stability that are likely to emerge or intensify in 2026. In this report, surveyed experts rate global conflicts by their likelihood and potential harm to U.S. interests and, for the first time, identify opportunities for preventive action.

Report by Paul B. Stares December 18, 2025 Center for Preventive Action

Conflict Prevention

Conflicts to Watch in 2026

Report by Paul B. Stares December 18, 2025 Center for Preventive Action

United States

Silberstein Lecture: Immigration Policy and the U.S. Economy

Panelists discuss the impact of recent refugee and immigration policy developments on the U.S. economy. The Silberstein Family Annual Lecture on Refugee and Migration Policy was established in 2019 through a generous gift from Alan M. Silberstein and the Silberstein family. The lecture provides CFR with an annual forum to explore emerging challenges in refugee and migration policy in the United States and around the world. For those attending virtually, log-in information and instructions on how to participate during the question-and-answer portion will be provided the evening before the event to those who register.

Virtual Event with Steven A. Camarota, Andrea R. Flores, Pia Orrenius and Nelson W. Cunningham January 7, 2026

United States

Silberstein Lecture: Immigration Policy and the U.S. Economy

Virtual Event with Steven A. Camarota, Andrea R. Flores, Pia Orrenius and Nelson W. Cunningham January 7, 2026

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October 22, 2025

How I Got My Career in Foreign Policy

How I Got My Career in Foreign Policy: Sam Vigersky

Sam Vigersky has spearheaded humanitarian response efforts around the world and led policy negotiations at the United Nations. He sat down with CFR to talk about the importance of field work and how …

Article by Ivana Saric

February 24, 2025

U.S. Foreign Policy

Uncle Sam Goes Rogue

President Trump’s coddling of Vladimir Putin sends the wrong message about U.S. leadership in the world.

Vote results are displayed during the Eleventh Emergency Special Session draft resolution meeting in the United Nations General Assembly on the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, at the UN headquarters in New York, United States, on February 24, 2025.

Post by Ebenezer Obadare Africa in Transition

December 23, 2025

United States

The Great Aid Recession: 2025’s Humanitarian Crash in Nine Charts

The world faces unresolved conflicts, growing climate crises, attacks on aid workers, two famines, and diminishing political will—along with significant aid cuts. Altogether, 2025 has earned a grim n…

Expert Brief by Sam Vigersky

November 17, 2025

Jamaica

Trump’s Disaster Aid Rebound

The Trump administration’s response to Hurricane Melissa offers a glimpse into a possible new paradigm for the deployment of U.S. aid abroad.

Expert Brief by Sam Vigersky

June 25, 2019

Religion

A Conversation With Sam Brownback

U.S. Ambassador-at-Large Sam Brownback discusses international religious freedom with Elizabeth Dias, as part of the 2019 CFR Religion and Foreign Policy Workshop.

Event by Sam Brownback and Elizabeth Dias Religion and Foreign Policy Workshop

June 14, 2007

Wars and Conflict

A Conversation with Sam Nunn

Watch Sam Nunn, cochairman and chief executive officer of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, reflect on the past sixty years of efforts to prevent nuclear war and discuss strategies to combat today's gro…

Event

October 20, 2025

United States

Trump’s Humanitarian Stress Test in Venezuela

As prospects for U.S. intervention in Venezuela grow, an already dire humanitarian landscape risks unraveling further, raising urgent questions about whether the military options reportedly under rev…

Expert Brief by Sam Vigersky