Contact: Lisa Shields, Vice President, Communications 212-434-9888 or [email protected] October 15, 2004—The Council has launched an independent task force on the future of North America to…

October 15, 2003—A new global energy business—natural gas—is emerging to help keep “the world’s lights on.” This is the result of a looming shortage of natural gas in North America that has doubled p…

May 22, 2003 - China is pursuing a deliberate course of military modernization, but is at least two decades behind the United States in terms of military technology and capability. Moreover, if the …

October 11, 2001 – Both the United States and China will run risks as Beijing moves ahead with membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO), but the potential payoffs for both countries are well …

January 29, 1998 - A new Council on Foreign Relations book proposes concrete ways to cut the U.S. trade deficit, to deal with commercial problems arising from Asia’s economic woes, and to bring back …