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September 24, 2024

Climate Change
The Climate Challenge, With Alice Hill and Varun Sivaram (Election 2024, Episode 2)

Alice Hill, the David M. Rubenstein senior fellow for energy and the environment at CFR, and Varun Sivaram, a senior fellow for energy and climate at CFR, sit down with James M. Lindsay to discuss wh…

Podcast Wildfires in San Marcos Sierra, Cordoba province, Argentina, on September 23, 2024. Stringer/ AFP/Getty Images

October 31, 2024

Climate Change
COP29 Summit in Baku: What to Expect

The 2024 summit in Azerbaijan comes amid fresh reports showing that global warming levels are accelerating, bringing more intense climate-related disasters and an increased demand for funding to miti…

Citizens walks near a sign for COP29 near the Baku Olympic Stadium, the venue of the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference on October 23, 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan.

October 16, 2024

Climate Change
What Hurricane Milton’s Damage Says About Climate Preparedness

The record-breaking storm was the second major hurricane to hit Florida in less than two weeks. Experts say climate change has worsened the wreckage of such events, straining government efforts to re…

In an aerial view, a bicycle rider navigates a damaged road along the Gulf of Mexico on October 13, 2024 in Manasota Key, Florida.

July 11, 2022

Foreign Aid
A Conversation With Alice Albright

CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Alice Albright discusses the role MCC plays in the U.S. foreign policy toolkit and how foreign assistance can address long-term global trends while s…

Play Evacuees stand under a destroyed bridge fleeing the city of Irpin, northwest of Kyiv

October 30, 2024

Election 2024
What’s at Stake for Foreign Policy in the 2024 Elections

On November 5, U.S. voters will choose new leadership, with ramifications for China, immigration, the Middle East, and many other national security issues. CFR experts weigh in.

The names of the 2024 presidential candidates appear on a vote-by-mail ballot.

October 25, 2024

United States
Election 2024: How to Respond to the Axis of Autocracies

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This week: Increased cooperation among China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea will present the next president wi…

Marlin Lunda on fire after Houthi missile strike

October 23, 2024

United States
U.S. Disaster Relief at Home and Abroad

The U.S. government responds to scores of disasters each year in coordination with foreign, state, and local partners, but more frequent and severe storms, fires, and floods are straining resources.

An aerial view of damaged houses in Horseshoe Beach, Florida, after Hurricane Helene.

September 18, 2024

United States
The Millennium Challenge Corporation at 20: Progress and Prospects

Panelists reflect on the past, present, and future of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) having reached its twentieth anniversary of operation, as well as the future of economic diplomacy and…

Play Millennium Challenge Corporation CEO Alice Albright speaks at podium in Washington, DC, U.S.

October 23, 2024

Climate Change
Understanding the Global Push for Climate Finance

Countries will collectively need to spend trillions of dollars to reach their decarbonization goals and protect the most vulnerable nations from climate disasters, but experts say that current fundin…

A worker cleans the solar panels at the 15MW Sheikh Zayed Solar Power Plant in Nouakchott, on March 21, 2023.