Council on Foreign Relations

Global Climate Agreements: Successes and Failures

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.

Backgrounder by Lindsay Maizland December 5, 2023 Renewing America

Climate Change

Global Climate Agreements: Successes and Failures

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.

Backgrounder by Lindsay Maizland December 5, 2023 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…

Interactive 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

Interactive by Olivia Angelino, Thomas J. Bollyky, Elle Ruggiero and Isabella Turilli February 1, 2023 Global Health Program

Middle East and North Africa

The End of Ambition

A clear-headed vision for the United States' role in the Middle East that highlights the changing nature of U.S. national interests and the challenges of grand strategizing at a time of profound change in the international order.

Book by Steven A. Cook June 3, 2024

Middle East and North Africa

The End of Ambition

Book by Steven A. Cook June 3, 2024

Climate Change

A Conversation With John Kerry

John Kerry discusses his work as U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, the challenges the United States faces, and the Biden administration’s priorities as it continues to address climate chan…

Virtual Event with John F. Kerry and Michael Froman March 1, 2024

Climate Change

A Conversation With John Kerry

Virtual Event with John F. Kerry and Michael Froman March 1, 2024

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June 1, 2022

Iran

Deal or No Deal: Update on Iran’s Nuclear Program

Our panelists discussed the Biden administration’s ongoing negotiations to rejoin the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) following the Trump administration’s 2018 withdrawal, and the role of …

Image of Iranian flag outside of Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant

Virtual Event by Elliott Abrams, Robert J. Einhorn, Laura Rockwood, and Arshad A. Mohammed

January 26, 2024

United States

Election 2024: Is NATO on the Ballot in 2024?

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: The 2024 election has potentially significant implications for the North Atlantic Treaty Organizati…

Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

November 16, 2023

Iran

Networks of Influence: Iran's Agenda in the Middle East

Panelists assess Iran’s interests in the conflict in Gaza and its ties to Hamas, and discuss its broader influence in the Middle East, as well as the future of U.S. policy towards Iran.

People attend a gathering in support of Palestine in Tehran, Iran.

Virtual Event by Suzanne Maloney, Vali R. Nasr, Robin Wright, and Arshad A. Mohammed

December 8, 2023

Climate Change

Ten Most Significant World Events in 2023

As 2023 comes to a close, here are the top ten most notable world events of the year.

Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

August 3, 2023

Niger

The Niger Coup Could Threaten the Entire Sahel

The coup in Niger, once seen as the cornerstone of U.S. counterterrorism efforts in West Africa, now threatens wider regional instability and could potentially open the door to further Russian influe…

In Brief by Mariel Ferragamo

May 25, 2023

Middle East and North Africa

The Arab League

Founded as a loose confederation of states in 1945, the Arab League has struggled to overcome dysfunction and disunity among its members.