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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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February 29, 2024
United Nations
Funding the United Nations: How Much Does the U.S. Pay?
Many UN agencies, programs, and missions receive crucial funding from the United States. The Trump administration sharply reduced funding to some UN agencies, but President Biden has largely reversed…
February 15, 2024
Sudan
United States Lacks Strategic Clarity on the Horn of Africa
The recent flurry of congressional and executive attention on Sudan needs to be married to a long-term strategy toward the Horn of Africa.
March 8, 2024
Latin America
New CFR Book Assesses Multi-Billion Dollar U.S. Security Assistance Programs for Colombia and Mexico
“For the United States, Plan Colombia and the Mérida Initiative were each a means to an end: a reduction in drug trafficking, the stabilization of volatile and violent neighbors, and the defense of d…
December 4, 2023
Budget, Debt, and Deficits
The U.S. National Debt Dilemma
With the U.S. national debt already exceeding $16 trillion, President Trump’s tax reform and budget deals with Congress have added to the country’s deficits. CFR explores the origins of the national debt, the risks it presents, and the outlook for change.
September 11, 2023
China
U.S. Strategic Competition With China
Bipartisan leadership of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, Chairman Mike Gallagher (R) and Ranking Member Raja Krishna…
April 8, 2024
Sexual Violence
Arthur C. Helton Memorial Lecture: Preventing and Addressing Sexual Violence in Conflict
The United Nations recognized rape as a war crime in 2008 through the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1820. Despite this step, sexual violence remains a widespread practice in wars and con…
July 27, 2023
Germany
A More Strategic German Foreign Policy?
Germany’s new strategies are important foreign policy markers, but they shy away from establishing the country as a leader among European powers.
March 28, 2023
United States
A Conversation With Deputy U.S. Attorney General Lisa Monaco: Defending the Rule of Law Against Hostile Nation States
Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco discusses how the Department of Justice is countering new and evolving threats to the rule of law posed by hostile nation states, from transnational repression to …
