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 18, 2024

United States

Happy 77th Birthday to the United States Air Force

The United States Air Force marks seventy-seven years of service today.

Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

September 17, 2024

Religion

Religion and Foreign Policy Webinar: Muslim-American Perspectives on U.S. Foreign Policy

Salam al-Marayati, president and cofounder of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, and Nazita Lajevardi, associate professor of political science at Michigan State University, discuss the domestic and …

People with flags of various countries in the Middle East gather for a rally held by American Muslims for Palestine calling for a ceasefire in Gaza near the National Museum of African American History and Washington Monument in Washington, U.S.

Virtual Event by Salam Al-Marayati, Nazita Lajevardi, and Irina A. Faskianos Religion and Foreign Policy Series

September 16, 2024

United States

CFR-Brookings Institution Election 2024 Virtual Public Event: What’s at Stake for U.S.-European Relations?

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and the Brookings Institution Foreign Policy Program are collaborating to convene a panel of experts to discuss the foreign, security, and economic policy chall…

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Webinar by Liana Fix, Matthias Matthijs, Constanze Stelzenmüller, Tara Varma, and Michael Birnbaum Election 2024 Events

September 13, 2024

United States

Election 2024: Did the Harris-Trump Debate Reset the Presidential Race?

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: History suggests that any bump Kamala Harris gets from the debate will be fleeting.

Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

September 20, 2024

Indonesia

How Prabowo Will Manage His Predecessor and His History as President of Indonesia

President-elect Prabowo Subianto will likely further degrade Indonesia’s democracy.

Two men stand next to each other, with Prabowo wearing a Western-style suit and Jokowi wearing traditional Indonesian clothing; both wear traditional peci caps.

Blog Post by Joshua Kurlantzick Asia Unbound

September 9, 2024

United Nations

The UN Security Council

The UN Security Council is the premier global body for maintaining international peace and security, but it faces steady calls for reform to better meet twenty-first-century challenges.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the Security Council via video amid Russia’s war.

Backgrounder by CFR.org Editors

September 7, 2024

Venezuela

Oil Companies, Biden Policies, and Democracy in Venezuela

The activities of U.S. and European oil companies in Venezuela are helping the Maduro regime crush democracy there, and the Biden administration should now fully reimpose U.S. sanctions.

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

September 6, 2024

United States

Election 2024: The United States Has a Debt Problem

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: Whoever wins in November could find their policy plans stymied by a mounting national debt.

Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

September 6, 2024

Cybersecurity

Cyber Week in Review: September 6, 2024

Brazilian Supreme Court bans X; Judge blocks Texas social media law; Internet Archive loses copyright case; U.S. announces effort to counter Russian disinformation; Cyberattack on Iran impacted banki…

Blog Post by Kat Duffy and Kyle Fendorf Net Politics

September 4, 2024

Ukraine

From the Ukraine Conflict to a Secure Europe

Thomas Graham argues that cooperation between European member states, as well as U.S. commitment to its allies in the region, can create a freer, more secure, and more prosperous Europe.

NATO soldiers run out of a helicopter carrying guns.

Report by Thomas Graham Center for Preventive Action