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 and Clara Fong January 21, 2025 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 and Clara Fong January 21, 2025 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

China

Countering Threats Posed by the Chinese Communist Party to U.S. National Security

Three questions framed Dr. Doshi’s remarks to the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security. First, what are Beijing’s ambitions? Second, how does it threaten homeland security in the cyber d…

Testimony by Rush Doshi March 5, 2025 China Strategy Initiative

China

Countering Threats Posed by the Chinese Communist Party to U.S. National Security

Three questions framed Dr. Doshi’s remarks to the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security. First, what are Beijing’s ambitions? Second, how does it threaten homeland security in the cyber d…

Testimony by Rush Doshi March 5, 2025 China Strategy Initiative

United States

Beijing+30: The Global Status of Women

As member states convene for the 69th UN Commission on the Status of Women and commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, please join us for a dialogue on the impact of U.S. policy initiatives undertaken by the Gender Policy Council, the current global status of women and girls, and recommendations for priority actions to advance gender equality and women's leadership globally.While remarks will be on the record, the discussion portion of the meeting is not for attribution. This means that participants are free to make use of the information shared at the meeting but may not attribute any quotes or content to any speakers or participants. Use of personal recording devices and cameras is prohibited. CFR reserves the right to take or use photographs for its own use.This meeting is part of the Council on Foreign Relations Women and Foreign Policy Program Roundtable Series on Women’s Global Leadership.Please note there is no virtual component to the meeting. The audio, video, and transcript of the discussion portion of this event will be posted on the CFR website.Members may bring a guest to this event.

Event with Susana Malcorra, Rachel B. Vogelstein and Linda Robinson March 13, 2025

United States

Beijing+30: The Global Status of Women

Event with Susana Malcorra, Rachel B. Vogelstein and Linda Robinson March 13, 2025

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March 14, 2025

Economics

American Pharmaceutical Companies Still Aren’t Paying Tax in the U.S.

The 2024 10-K reports of America’s largest pharmaceutical companies show that they continue to avoid paying much, if any, U.S. corporate income tax.

Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

June 14, 2024

Israel

How Much of a Threat Does Hamas Still Pose to Israel?

Israel has made eliminating the threat from the Gaza-based militant group a central war aim, but it’s not entirely clear at what point that condition will be met.

Israeli soldiers exit a tunnel that Hamas reportedly used on October 7th to attack Israel.

Expert Brief by Bruce Hoffman National Security and Defense Program

July 16, 2024

Israel

Open to Debate: Is the Two-State Solution Still Viable?

In a collaboration between CFR and Open to Debate, panelists debate whether or not the two-state solution is still a viable path for peace in the Middle East. Open to Debate is the nation’s only n…

Event by Elliott Abrams, Mohammed Dajani Daoudi, Fleur Hassan-Nahoum, Dennis B. Ross, and John Donvan

September 30, 2024

China

Beijing Still Has Fiscal Space

China’s central government has plenty of capacity to implement a counter-cyclical fiscal approach in addressing its economic slowdown. Net central government debt is very, very low.

Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

August 6, 2024

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Is the “Two-State Solution” Still Viable?

Is the longstanding proposal to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the “two-state solution,” still viable? A recent debate took on all the issues, and I argued for “no.”

Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

March 25, 2025

Economics

American Views on Economic Leadership

CFR’s RealEcon team traveled across the country to ask Americans what they think of trade, aid, and other international economic policies.

Two men in hard hats and protective glasses on a factory floor.

Report by Matthew P. Goodman and Allison J. Smith RealEcon

November 18, 2024

United States

The Interconnections of Science and Foreign Policy

In the inaugural launch of this new forum on science and foreign policy, U.S. State Department science envoys—specializing in fusion energy, ocean sustainability, and quantum technology—discuss the r…

U.S. 2024 science envoys speak at a science and foreign policy event at CFR's New York City office.

Virtual Event by Stephanie Diem, Dawn Wright, and Margaret (Peggy) Hamburg Norman E. Alexander Family M Foundation Forum on Science and Foreign Policy

March 12, 2025

Syria

Syria’s Surge in Violence Does Not Signal a New Civil War—for Now

A spate of attacks involving loyalists to former ruler President Bashar al-Assad has spurred concerns of a return to sectarian warfare in Syria, but there is still a path for the country’s new rulers…

A Syrian man points at bullet holes in a window of a hospital in Jableh town, 25 km south of Latakia, following a spate of violence between Syrian security forces and insurgents loyal to deposed president Bashar al-Assad in Syria's coastal region.

Expert Brief by Steven A. Cook

March 4, 2025

Drug Policy

How Does Fentanyl Reach the United States?

President Trump has imposed steep tariffs on Canada, China, and Mexico in the name of curbing fentanyl flows into the United States. In reality, supplies of the drug—and related deaths—have sharply d…

Armed troops guard a border security checkpoint.

Article by Mariel Ferragamo