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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December 5, 2024

United States

A Conversation With Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines

Please note that the CFR meeting with Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines on Thursday, December 5, 2024, will now be held from 12:45 to 1:30 p.m. (EST) due to a change in the speaker’s sch…

U.S. National Intelligence Director Avril Haines testifies before members of congress.

Virtual Event by Avril Haines and Michael Froman

January 7, 2025

International Law

What the ‘Genocide’ Label Means for U.S. Foreign Policy

The U.S. government has found that genocide has occurred in several parts of the world over the last two decades, most recently in Sudan and China. What are the policy implications of the label?

A Bosnian Muslim woman cries next to coffins during a mass funeral in Visegrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina, May 26, 2012.

Expert Brief by John B. Bellinger III U.S. Foreign Policy Program

March 6, 2023

Climate Change

Managing the Health Risks of Climate Change

The health of millions stands to be harmed by climate change in the coming decades, but national governments and international organizations remain woefully underprepared. Elizabeth Willetts and Andy…

A man fights a fire on a plain with a palm frond.

Report by Elizabeth Willetts and Andy Haines Global Health Program

April 17, 2019

Genocide and Mass Atrocities

By Any Other Name: Thoughts on U.S. Genocide Determinations

The history of the Genocide Convention stretches back more than seventy years, yet much work remains to be done to prevent and respond to atrocities.

A person holds a candle during a night vigil and prayer at the Amahoro Stadium as part of the 25th commemoration of the 1994 genocide, in Kigali, Rwanda, on April 7, 2019.

Post by Avril Haines and John B. Bellinger III The Internationalist

December 15, 2023

Technology and Innovation

Cyber Week in Review: December 15, 2023

EU negotiators announce agreement on AI Act; SEC cyber incident disclosure rules take effect; Ukraine's largest phone network hit by cyberattack; Coker confirmed as NCD; Human trafficking for cyber s…

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during the Global Forum on Artificial Intelligence for Humanity (GFAIH) at the Institut de France in Paris, France on October 30, 2019.

Post by Kat Duffy, Kyle Fendorf, and Eva Schwartz Net Politics

November 17, 2023

Technology and Innovation

Cyber Week in Review: November 17, 2023

Nvidia tests new chips for Chinese market; DoD and OECD release AI toolkits; ByteDance and Meta appeal DSA designations; Kemba Walden as acting NCD; Ransomware attack hits Chinese bank.

Post by Kat Duffy, Kyle Fendorf, and Eva Schwartz Net Politics

December 11, 2020

Europe

Women This Week: Feminist Foreign Policy in Europe

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers December 7 to December 11.

Post by Guest Blogger for Women Around the World Women Around the World