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

Myanmar

Myanmar’s Troubled History: Coups, Military Rule, and Ethnic Conflict

The 2021 coup returned Myanmar to military rule and shattered hopes for democratic progress in a Southeast Asian country beset by decades of conflict and repressive regimes.

Backgrounder by Lindsay Maizland January 31, 2022

Myanmar

Myanmar’s Troubled History: Coups, Military Rule, and Ethnic Conflict

The 2021 coup returned Myanmar to military rule and shattered hopes for democratic progress in a Southeast Asian country beset by decades of conflict and repressive regimes.

Backgrounder by Lindsay Maizland January 31, 2022

Health

How New Tobacco Control Laws Could Help Close the Racial Gap on U.S. Cancer

This interactive examines how nationwide bans on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, as proposed by the Biden administration on April 28, 2022, could help shrink the racial gap on U.S. lung cancer death rates.

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

Health

How New Tobacco Control Laws Could Help Close the Racial Gap on U.S. Cancer

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

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February 18, 2022

Americas

Arthur C. Helton Memorial Lecture: Haiti on the Brink

Panelists discuss humanitarian conditions in Haiti after the assassination of its president, successive natural disasters, a constitutional crisis, and the increasing control of the country by gangs,…

Teenage boy carrying a typewriter by rubble

Virtual Event by Jacqueline Charles, Johanna Mendelson-Forman, and Joel Dreyfuss Arthur C. Helton Memorial Lecture

May 21, 2018

Health Policy and Initiatives

A Conversation About the 71st World Health Assembly and the World Health Organization

Nearly one year has elapsed since the seventieth World Health Assembly elected Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as the new director-general of the World Health Organization. This meeting of CFR's Globa…

Event by Ariel Pablos-Méndez, Werner Obermeyer, and Yanzhong Huang

November 28, 2023

Middle East Program

Virtual Media Briefing: Gaza the Day After

Panelists discuss the possibilities for governance in Gaza, including the potential role of regional powers and the West. FROMAN: Well, thanks very much, Emily. And thanks, everybody, for joining …

Virtual Event by Steven A. Cook, Amaney Jamal, Dennis B. Ross, and Michael Froman Media Briefings

May 9, 2018

Religion

Faith, Poverty, and Action

David Beckmann, Simone Campbell, and Ruth W. Messinger, with Lisa Sharon Harper moderating, discuss faith, poverty, and action, as part of the 2018 CFR Religion and Foreign Policy Workshop.

Event by David Beckmann, Simone Campbell, Ruth W. Messinger, and Lisa Sharon Harper Religion and Foreign Policy Workshop

February 7, 2022

Asia

The 2022 Olympics: Spotlight on China

Panelists discuss China as it prepares for the 2022 Olympic games, including the diplomatic boycott of the games over human rights by several countries, China’s strict handling of dissent and COVID-1…

Short Track Speed Skating - Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Day 5

Virtual Event by Sharon K. Hom, Yanzhong Huang, Arthur Kroeber, Carl Minzner, and Dorinda Elliott Asia Program