Council of Councils
Think Global Health
Online Store
Introduction
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…
833 Results for:
Filters
March 9, 2021
Climate Change
Investing in a Sustainable Future Symposium
The Investing in a Sustainable Future virtual symposium was held on March 9 and 10, 2021. The event convened experts to examine how financial markets currently assess climate risk, as well as potenti…
November 7, 2023
Nigeria
Blood Money
When it comes to wealth transfer, Nigerian Pentecostal churches prefer to keep it all in the family.
April 8, 2011
Democracy
Democracy Promotion and the Obama Doctrine
President Obama is right to balance U.S. national interests with democracy promotion in dealing with the Middle East, intervening in select cases and standing behind democracy advocates in others, sa…
January 17, 2013
Human Rights
Freedom in the World 2013
Arch Puddington presents Freedom House’s "Freedom in the World 2013" report, followed by a discussion between Tamara Wittes and Larry Diamond. They discuss the text of the report, as well as the diff…
November 25, 2016
Health
Who Have Been the Best WHO Director-Generals?
The following is a guest post by my colleague Yanzhong Huang, senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations, and his research associate Gabriella Meltzer. According to the Co…
March 25, 2015
Conflict Prevention
Understanding a Framework Convention on Global Health
The following is a guest post by my colleague Yanzhong Huang, senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations. For years, a group of global health scholars and practitioners ha…
