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November 29, 2023

United States
In Memoriam: Henry A. Kissinger

Dr. Henry A. Kissinger passed away on November 29, 2023, at age 100. The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) mourns the passing of Henry A. Kissinger, the fifty-sixth secretary of state and a membe…

Henry A. Kissinger
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September 26, 2023

Nuclear Energy
Nuclear Fusion and the Future of Energy

Kim Budil, director of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, discusses the recent achievement of a net energy gain from a nuclear fusion reaction and its implications for the futu…

Play Fusion reactor, illustration. Nuclear fusion is the combination of atomic nuclei, a process that releases massive amounts of energy. If this process could be harnessed it could be an unlimited source of clean renewable energy.
Webinar by Kim Budil, Carolyn Kissane, and Irina A. Faskianos State and Local Webinars

April 20, 2022

Technology and Innovation
Virtual Roundtable: Reimagining U.S. Foreign Policy to Meet the Challenges of Strategic Competition

On April 20th, 2022, The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) Roundtable Series on Technology, Innovation, and American Primacy sponsored the virtual roundtable, “Reimagining U.S. Foreign Policy to Mee…

Play US Secretary of State Antony Blinken(R), meets with European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell(L), on the sidelines of the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly,on September 22, 2021, in New York.
Webinar by Earl A. Carr Jr., Carolyn Kissane, and James P. Dougherty Renewing America

November 13, 2023

Liberia
History Casts a Long Shadow Over Liberia’s Democracy

As Liberia heads to a closely contested runoff election, the possibilities are decidedly limited. 

Liberian voters search for their name on electoral lists before they cast their votes during Liberia's presidential election in Monrovia, Liberia on October 10, 2023.
Article by Michelle Gavin Diamonstein-Spielvogel Project on the Future of Democracy

February 27, 2024

Energy and Environment
Financing the Clean Industrial Revolution

Panelists discuss private capital’s role in leading the clean energy transition and what it takes to establish a redeployment of steady capital investing in decarbonization. 

Play Solar energy fields and wind turbines seen from the air in foggy conditions during an autumn morning
Virtual Event by Kassia J. Yanosek, David G. Victor, Mark K. Wiedman, and Carolyn Kissane Renewing America

October 22, 2020

Artificial Intelligence (AI)
The Future of AI, Ethics, and Defense

Speakers discuss the intersection of technology, defense, and ethics, and the geopolitical competition for the future of innovation.  The Malcolm and Carolyn Wiener Annual Lecture on Science and T…

Play A Black Hornet nano drone and a member of the military
Virtual Event by Ash Carter, Reid Hoffman, Fei-Fei Li, and Karen Kornbluh Malcolm and Carolyn Wiener Annual Lecture

May 25, 2023

United States
Kissinger at One Hundred: The CFR Connection

Henry Kissinger, marking his one hundredth birthday, and the Council on Foreign Relations have had a long and substantive affiliation, one that spans the career of the preeminent scholar-practitioner…

Henry Kissinger addresses the audience at the 2013 CFR Corporate Conference.
Article by Richard Haass