Council on Foreign Relations

What Is the World Doing to Distribute COVID-19 Vaccines?

Only a year after the new coronavirus emerged, the first vaccines to protect against it are being administered. But production challenges, vaccine nationalism, and new virus strains are all presenting hurdles.

Backgrounder by Claire Felter February 5, 2021

Pharmaceuticals and Vaccines

What Is the World Doing to Distribute COVID-19 Vaccines?

Backgrounder by Claire Felter February 5, 2021

China

The United States, China, and Taiwan

To preserve peace in the Taiwan Strait, Robert D. Blackwill and Philip Zelikow propose the United States make clear that it will not change Taiwan’s status, yet will work with allies to plan for Chinese aggression and help Taiwan defend itself.

Council Special Report by Robert D. Blackwill and Philip Zelikow February 11, 2021 U.S. Foreign Policy Program

China

The United States, China, and Taiwan

Council Special Report by Robert D. Blackwill and Philip Zelikow February 11, 2021 U.S. Foreign Policy Program

Transition 2021

Transition 2021 Series: Domestic Terrorism Post-Insurrection

Panelists discuss the rise of domestic terrorism in the United States, and the threat of white supremacist organizations, QAnon, disinformation and fake news, and conspiracy groups following the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol. The Transition 2021 series examines the major issues confronting the administration in the foreign policy arena.

Virtual Event with Bruce Hoffman, Juliette Kayyem and Dannagal Young February 16, 2021

Transition 2021

Transition 2021 Series: Domestic Terrorism Post-Insurrection

Virtual Event with Bruce Hoffman, Juliette Kayyem and Dannagal Young February 16, 2021

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June 30, 2009

Economic Crises

Gross or Net International Financial Flows

Overview Many analysts, including Chairman Ben Bernanke of the Federal Reserve, have argued that global imbalances are an important causal factor of the global financial crisis. But it is not the …

Report by Karen H. Johnson Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies

July 7, 2008

Food and Water Security

Food Price Inflation

Overview Increases in the prices for major food crops that are traded globally have reached extraordinary levels, sparking riots in some countries and becoming the focus of widespread debate and p…

Report by Karen H. Johnson Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies

February 1, 1998

Economic Crises

Riding the Tigers

Overview The Asian financial market meltdown and the fierce debate over the U.S. role in a bail-out tend to obscure the huge scale of American exports to the region, currently $200 billion a year…

Report by James J. Shinn, Raymond J. Albright, Robbin S. Johnson, David J. Rothkopf, and Christopher B. Johnstone

April 6, 2015

Digital Policy

Promoting Norms for Cyberspace

The United States defined its preferred cyberspace norms—Internet openness, security, liberty, free speech, and with minimal government oversight and surveillance—in its 2011 International Strategy f…

Report by Henry Farrell Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program

June 19, 2013

Health Policy and Initiatives

The Global Health Regime

This page is part of the multimedia Global Governance Monitor. Scope of the Challenge Despite medical advances and improvements in sanitation, water supply, nutrition, housing, and education, p…

Report by International Institutions and Global Governance Program International Institutions and Global Governance Program

May 11, 2012

Human Rights

The Global Human Rights Regime

This page is part of the Global Governance Monitor. Scope of the Challenge Although the concept of human rights is abstract, how it is applied has a direct and enormous impact on daily life wor…

Report by International Institutions and Global Governance Program International Institutions and Global Governance Program

January 11, 2011

Cybersecurity

Summary Report for the Workshop on Cybersecurity, Foreign Policy, and Business

Introduction In early 2011, the Council on Foreign Relations held a workshop focused on the intersection of cybersecurity, foreign policy, and global business. The program, which included a keynot…

Report by Adam Segal

September 11, 2007

Iraq

CFR Fellows Respond to Iraq Testimony

Following congressional testimony by General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker, the top two U.S. officials in Iraq, six CFR experts offered their own insights. Peter Beinart: Decision …

Report by Peter Beinart, Max Boot, Charles A. Kupchan, Vali R. Nasr, Steven A. Cook, and Stephen D. Biddle