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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.
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May 28, 2024
Palestinian Territories
Who Governs the Palestinians?
Power in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, the so-called Palestinian territories, has been divided among three entities: a governing body called the Palestinian Authority, the militant group Hamas, a…
June 12, 2024
Middle East and North Africa
CFR Fellows’ Book Launch Series: The End of Ambition: America’s Past, Present, and Future in the Middle East by Steven Cook
In The End of Ambition, Steven A. Cook boldly claims that despite setbacks and moral costs, the United States has had a record of success in the Middle East. Yet, beginning in the 1990s, those achiev…
February 2, 2005
Iraq
IRAQ: Saddam Hussein on Trial
This publication is now archived. What are the plans to try Saddam Hussein?President Bush says the United States will "work with Iraqis to develop a way to try him that will withstand international s…
May 28, 2024
Elections and Voting
Ailing Democracy and Declining Women’s Representation: How They Are Related and What to Do About It
Annual reports on the health of democracy this year reaffirmed an ongoing trend of decline, which has occurred alongside a less heralded but related stalling of women’s political participation. Given…
May 28, 2024
Climate Change
Daughters and Sons Guest Event: From Image to Action—Raising Climate Awareness
Using visual mediums and narratives, an artist and a documentary producer discuss the urgent challenges of climate change and what it will take to solve the climate crisis through science, the power …
May 31, 2024
U.S. Foreign Policy
Washington’s Ill-Fated Mideast Ambitions
U.S. administrations have backed sweeping efforts for societal change in the Middle East in recent decades, with poor results. But Washington can still achieve more modest, essential goals in the reg…
April 9, 2012
Turkey
Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, Meet General Kenan Evren
Last Wednesday was a big day in Turkey. General Kenan Evren, the leader of the September 12, 1980 coup d’etat, was charged in an Ankara courtroom with “acts against the forces of the state” during th…
May 2, 2024
United States
How U.S. Water Infrastructure Works
The sprawling U.S. water system is central to the nation’s economy, but chronic underinvestment, increasing demand, and the consequences of climate change have revealed the system’s weaknesses.
