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

Health

How Tobacco Laws Could Help Close the Racial Gap on Cancer

During the 2020 presidential campaign, Joe Biden promised that his administration would make a “historic effort” to reduce long-running racial inequities in health. Tobacco use—the leading cause of p…

Interactive by Olivia Angelino, Thomas J. Bollyky, Elle Ruggiero and Isabella Turilli February 1, 2023 Global Health Program

Health

How Tobacco Laws Could Help Close the Racial Gap on Cancer

Interactive by Olivia Angelino, Thomas J. Bollyky, Elle Ruggiero and Isabella Turilli February 1, 2023 Global Health Program

Economics

C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics With Lael Brainard

Lael Brainard of the Federal Reserve discusses the challenges facing U.S. economic recovery. The C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics brings the world's foremost economic policymakers and scholars to address members on current topics in international economics and U.S. monetary policy. This meeting series is presented by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies.

Virtual Event with Lael Brainard and Roger W. Ferguson Jr. March 2, 2021 C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics

Economics

C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics With Lael Brainard

Virtual Event with Lael Brainard and Roger W. Ferguson Jr. March 2, 2021 C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics

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September 12, 2024

United States

A Conversation With U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield

Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield discusses the future of multilateralism and U.S. commitments to reforming the United Nations Security Council to be more inclusive, representative, and legitimate.

.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield holds a news conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York City, N.Y., U.S.

Virtual Event by Linda Thomas-Greenfield and Elise Labott

September 5, 2024

Taiwan

Can the Taiwan People’s Party Survive?

Mounting scandals surrounding the Taiwan People's Party raise questions about its long term viability.

Taiwan People's Party (TPP) chairman Ko Wen-je, walks on the day of the 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections in Taipei, Taiwan.

Blog Post by David Sacks Asia Unbound

September 3, 2024

United States

CFR Welcomes 2024–25 Visiting Fellows

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) welcomes the 2024–25 visiting fellows to the David Rockefeller Studies Program. Selected fellows have the opportunity to broaden their perspective on foreign af…

News Releases

August 26, 2024

Rwanda

Kagame's Crusade

The Rwandan President’s attempt to regulate faith-based organizations raises more questions than answers.

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame arrives for his swearing-in ceremony after a landslide win in last month's election at the Amahoro Stadium, Gasabo District of Kigali, Rwanda on August 11, 2024.

Blog Post by Ebenezer Obadare Africa in Transition

July 4, 2024

United States

TWNW Special: What to Read This Summer 2024

This special episode of The World Next Week features a summerlong feast of reading, watching, and listening treats. Deborah Amos, the Ferris Professor of Journalism in Residence at Princeton Universi…

A set of books recommended for The World Next Week's summer reading special episode.

Podcast by Robert McMahon, Carla Anne Robbins, and Deborah Amos The World Next Week

September 27, 2023

Climate Change

Could Climate Change Break Home Insurance?

For decades, U.S. homeowners have counted on property insurance to protect them from catastrophic loss if their homes are destroyed—and the U.S. economy has rested on the functionality of that model…

Aftermath of a home struck by a climate disaster.

Podcast by Gabrielle Sierra, Nancy Watkins, and David Marlett Why It Matters

May 19, 2006

Palestinian Territories

Brown: A Time for ‘Quiet Diplomacy’ Between Israel and Hamas?

Nathan J. Brown, a leading expert on Palestinian politics, says Israel and Hamas need a period of “quiet diplomacy”, away from the spotlight, to try to sort out a way of co-existing.

Interview by Bernard Gwertzman and Nathan J. Brown

July 13, 2023

Taiwan

Taiwan, China, and the Threat of War

A small island one hundred miles off the coast of China could be the flashpoint that determines the future of great-power competition. Experts increasingly warn that a Chinese invasion of Taiwan woul…

Missiles lined up on a beach shore in Taiwan.

Podcast by Gabrielle Sierra, David Sacks, and James Lin Why It Matters