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

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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May 24, 2024

Diplomacy and International Institutions

International Criminal Court Prosecutor Threatens United States Senators

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has threatened 12 United States senators for their criticisms of his effort to arrest Israeli leaders.

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

November 3, 2016

Iran

Kerry Drums Up Business for Iran While Treasury Warns Against It

On October 31, Secretary of State Kerry continued his remarkable campaign to drum up business for Iran. Speaking at Chatham House in London, here is part of what he said: Iran deserves the cre…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

August 10, 2011

Ten Whats With…Kevin Benson

Kevin Benson (Courtesy Univ. of Kansas, Creative Commons License). Quick Bio (2-3 sentences): I was raised in Wisconsin and left after high school to go to West Point, 1973-1977. I served on active…

Blog Post by Micah Zenko Politics, Power, and Preventive Action

October 5, 2012

Turkey

Weekend Reading: El Shazly, Liberated Syria, and War Drums?

Zeinobia posts a documentary on Lieutenant General Saad el Shazly, a hero of the October 1973 War. [In Arabic-but even if you don’t speak Arabic, it’s worth eight minutes of your time.] Ilhan Tanir …

Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

May 8, 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Beyond Watermarks: Content Integrity Through Tiered Defense

Watermarking is often discussed as a solution to the problems posed by AI-generated content. However, watermarking is inadequate without other methods of detecting and sorting out AI-generated conten…

A green wireframe model covers an actor's lower face during the creation of a synthetic facial reanimation video, known alternatively as a deepfake, in London, Britain February 12, 2019.

Blog Post by Kevin Klyman and Renée DiResta Net Politics

April 20, 2012

Iran

Weekend Reading: The Greening of the Middle East?, War Drums in Sudan, and the Emirates vs. Iran

Mohamed Abdel Raouf encourages renewable energy and green jobs in the Arab world. The Arabist sheds light on the potential war between the Sudans. Adel Al Toraifi unpacks the Iranian-Emirati relati…

Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates