Council of Councils
Think Global Health
Online Store
Global Commons
- Global
- Antarctica
- Arctic
- Oceans and Seas
- Space
- See All
-
The U.N. High Seas Treaty, With Esther BrimmerEsther Brimmer, The James H. Binger Senior Fellow in Global Governance at The Council on Foreign Relations, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss a recent multilateral agreement reached at the United Nations to protect biodiversity in the world’s oceans.
-
Water Stress: A Global Problem That’s Getting WorseWater scarcity threatens the health and development of communities around the globe. Climate change is intensifying the problem, pushing governments to find more innovative, collaborative ways to address water stress.
-
What’s Cracking in the Arctic?As rising global temperatures thaw the ice at the North Pole of the planet, competition between nuclear-powered states threatens to heat up the Arctic Circle even further. An increasingly minable Arctic, which contains vast natural resources, has piqued the economic interests of oil-hungry great powers, even as the warmer climate jeopardizes Indigenous tribes. Here’s how the Arctic could become the next frontier of great-power competition.
Experts in this Region
-
A Conversation With David MalpassWorld Bank President David Malpass discusses the overlapping challenges facing developing countries and opportunities for action.
-
The UN Security CouncilThe UN Security Council is the premier global body for maintaining international peace and security, but it faces steady calls for reform to better meet twenty-first-century challenges.
-
What Happens When the World Hits 1.5°C of Warming?The world is running out of time to avoid the worst consequences of climate change. With the 2015 Paris Agreement, countries set a goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C (2.7°F) compared to 150 years ago. However, the planet is on track to pass 1.5°C by the end of this decade, which would lead to higher sea levels, hotter heat waves, and deadlier natural disasters. But countries can work to prevent those and even worse dangers by sticking to their climate pledges and limiting just how much the world overshoots its Paris Agreement goal.
-
Global Conflict TrackerThe Center for Preventive Action’s Global Conflict Tracker is an interactive guide to ongoing conflicts around the world of concern to the United States.
-
Five Good Foreign Policy News Stories in 2022As 2022 comes to a close, here are five positive stories on the foreign policy front that happened in the past year.
-
Ten World Figures Who Died in 2022Ten people who passed away this year who shaped world affairs for better or worse.
-
Marriage Equality: Global ComparisonsA growing number of countries are legalizing same-sex marriage amid a steady advance in rights for LGBTQ+ people, but opposition remains strong in many others.
-
Happy 3rd Birthday to the U.S. Space Force!The newest branch of the U.S. military marks its third year of service.
-
Ten Most Significant World Events in 2022As 2022 comes to a close, here are the top ten most notable world events of the past year.
-
Secular InflationAfter enjoying a long period of deflationary conditions, the global economy is being pushed by a wide range of forces toward a new and more difficult equilibrium.
-
UNGA Vote on Russia’s Annexation, Arctic Circle Assembly, International Day of the Girl, and MoreThe UN General Assembly is set to vote on a resolution condemning Russia’s illegal annexation of Ukrainian territory; thousands of participants gather in Reykjavik, Iceland, for the Arctic Circle Assembly; and the United Nations marks the tenth anniversary of the International Day of the Girl Child.
-
The Role of the UN General AssemblyThe UN General Assembly hosts a much-watched debate of world leaders each year but has struggled to make its work more substantive.