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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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October 31, 2017
Kenya
Questions Remain as IEBC Declares Kenyatta Victor in Election Rerun
The IEBC declares Kenyatta the winner of the election amid violence, low turnout, and a boycott by Odinga supporters.
March 3, 2011
Sub-Saharan Africa
Friedman’s List: What It May Mean Below the Sahara
A youth wearing a shirt of U.S. President Barack Obama stands in a crowd waiting for food distribution at Mugunga, just west of the eastern Congolese city of Goma, August 24, 2010. (Finbarr O'Reill…
November 28, 2005
Climate Change
Little Likely to Result from Montreal Conference, Victor Says
David G. Victor, a Council adjunct senior fellow for science and technology and director of the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development at Stanford University, spoke to cfr.org’s Esther Pan on …
October 5, 2023
Israel
The October 1973 Yom Kippur War: Fifty Years Later
Fifty years ago, on Yom Kippur, October 6, 1973, Egypt and Syria launched surprise attacks on Israel. The resulting conflict sparked an Arab oil embargo, a superpower confrontation, a global recessio…
November 12, 2008
Heads of State and Government
State and Local Officials Conference Call with David G. Victor (Audio)
Listen to David G. Victor, adjunct senior fellow for science and technology at CFR, discuss U.S. energy options and priorities for the next administration as part of CFR's State and Local Officials C…
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This endowed fund was established in 2017 by Stephen Friedman and the Friedman Family Foundation to serve as a bridge to support scholar-practitioners when they initially join CFR or when they shift to a new area of research.