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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…
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September 10, 2012
Fossil Fuels
Lessons Learned From the 2011 Strategic Petroleum Reserve Release
Overview In this Working Paper, Blake Clayton analyzes the 2011 International Energy Agency (IEA)–coordinated release of strategic petroleum reserves to shed light on the political underpinnings a…
June 24, 2013
Cybersecurity
Addressing Cyber Threats to Oil and Gas Suppliers
Overview In this Energy Brief, Blake Clayton and Adam Segal argue that cyber threats to oil and gas suppliers pose an increasingly challenging problem for U.S. national security and economic compe…
November 20, 2015
Fossil Fuels
Fiscal Breakeven Oil Prices
Introduction An oil-exporting country’s “fiscal breakeven” oil price is the minimum price per barrel that the country needs in order to meet its expected spending needs while balancing its budget …
October 13, 2021
Global
Annual Report 2021
This was an extraordinary year for the Council. Established in the wake of a global pandemic of influenza, CFR experienced its centennial year amid another—COVID-19. Although the celebrations this ye…
January 3, 2017
Human Rights
Bolstering the UN Human Rights Council’s Effectiveness
Overview Two successive terms of U.S. membership on the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), before the mandatory one-year hiatus, have improved the body’s performance in several ways. These improveme…
