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 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

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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March 20, 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Young Professionals Briefing: Artificial Intelligence and the Economy—How Cities are Embracing New Technologies

Panelists reflect on how the digital transformation is reshaping the economy and how cities like New York can embrace new technologies, like artificial intelligence, to foster economic growth. Ple…

A woman wearing a face mask looks at a robot.

Virtual Event by Jiahao Chen, Joni Kletter, and Kat Duffy Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program

November 20, 2023

Financial Markets

Term Member Meeting With Former SEC Chairman Jay Clayton

Please join your fellow term members for a discussion with former Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Jay Clayton on a range of topics including how financial markets and corporate exec…

Jay Clayton, former chairman of the SEC, speaks during the 13D Monitor's Active-Passive Investor Summit.

Virtual Event by Jay Clayton and Joseph Gasparro

April 18, 2022

West Africa

Under Threat: Democracy in Africa

Our panelists discuss the most recent rise in violent conflict and coups in Africa, the threats these coups pose to fragile democratic institutions, governance, and civil society, and options to prev…

National observers look on while electoral official organize votes during the closing of the polls in a polling station in the city of Bahir Dar, on June 21, 2021. - Ethiopia voted on June 21, 2021, in an election billed as the most democratic yet in Africa's second-most populous country, but taking place as famine blights its war-torn Tigray region.

Virtual Event by Kamissa Camara, Christopher Fomunyoh, Jendayi E. Frazer, and Shannon L. Smith

May 7, 2019

Global Governance

Global Governance in Crisis? A Conversation with Richard Haass and the Council of Councils

Richard Haass, Sunjoy Joshi, and Ferdinando Nelli Feroci discuss the mounting challenges to global governance and international cooperation, and the launch of the Council of Councils (CoC) Report Car…

Event by Richard Haass, Sunjoy Joshi, Ferdinando Nelli Feroci, Mara Liasson, and Stewart M. Patrick

September 6, 2023

Saudi Arabia

Young Professionals Briefing Series: Investing in the Game: Is it Sportswashing?

Panelists discuss the unprecedented investment in international sports by Gulf nations, the phenomenon of “sportswashing” in the region, and the political, economic, and human rights implications of …

Virtual Event by Sarah Yager, Karen E. Young, and Elise Labott

September 24, 2021

Sub-Saharan Africa

A Conversation With Minister Naledi Pandor of South Africa

Minister Naledi Pandor discusses the state of democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa, the South African response to COVID-19 along with lessons learned for the future, and the country’s role as a leader in …

Minister Naledi Pandor walking with a man in uniform in the background.

Virtual Event by Naledi Pandor and Michelle Gavin Africa Program

October 27, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Series on Emerging Technology, U.S. Foreign Policy, and World Order: How Artificial Intelligence is Reshaping Our World

Panelists discuss the impact, benefits, and challenges of how artificial intelligence technologies are being adopted across sectors. PLEASE NOTE: This meeting is part of the Twenty-Eighth Annual T…

A visitor watches an AI (Artificial Intelligence) sign on an animated screen at the Mobile World Congress (MWC), the telecom industry's biggest annual gathering.

Virtual Event by Michael Chui, Jared Dunnmon, Camille Francois, Kat Duffy, and Nancy D. Bodurtha Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program