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Global Climate Agreements: Successes and Failures

Introduction Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…

by Lindsay Maizland and Clara Fong January 21, 2025 Renewing America
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Myanmar’s Troubled History

Introduction Throughout its decades of independence, Myanmar has struggled with military rule, civil war, poor governance, and widespread poverty. A military coup in February 2021 dashed hopes for…

by Lindsay Maizland January 31, 2022
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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
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How to End the Russia-Ukraine War

Thomas Graham is a distinguished fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. This Ukraine Policy Brief is part of the Council Special Initiative on Securing Ukraine's Future and the Wachenheim Pro…

by Thomas Graham June 18, 2025 Wachenheim Program on Peace and Security
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Academic Webinar: The Geopolitics of Oil

Webinar with Carolyn Kissane and Irina A. Faskianos April 12, 2023
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A Conversation With Deputy Treasury Secretary Michael Faulkender

Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Michael Faulkender addresses the current state of the U.S. economy and outlines the administration’s upcoming economic priorities This meeting is presented by Real…

Virtual Event with Michael W. Faulkender and Afsaneh Mashayekhi Beschloss June 20, 2025
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