March 22, 2017
Arctic“The United States, through Alaska, is a significant Arctic nation with strategic, economic, and scientific interests,” asserts a new Council on Foreign Relations-sponsored (CFR) Independent Task For…
November 30, 2015
GlobalSenior officials from almost two hundred nations are meeting in Paris, France, for the twenty-first annual United Nations Conference of Parties (COP21), also known as the 2015 Paris Climate Conferenc…
March 18, 2015
GlobalIn-depth discussions on foreign policy topics of the day can now be accessed from CFR Events, a new portal on the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) website.
February 24, 2005
United StatesFebruary 18, 2005 - In the wake of November’s divisive presidential campaign, the Council is launching an initiative to foster bipartisan foreign policy within the Congress and between Congress and t…
November 11, 2010
AfghanistanAhead of President Obama’s December review of the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan, a new Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)-sponsored Independent Task Force report on U.S. Strategy for Pakistan and Af…
January 30, 2007
United StatesThe consequences of a 9/11-scale terrorist attack or a major natural disaster can be minimized if “America makes building national resiliency from within as important a public policy imperative as co…
December 2, 2005
Terrorism and Counterterrorism“Year of Africa” Provides Opportunity to Go Beyond Feel-Good HumanitarianismDecember 4, 2005—2005 was the “year of Africa,” with world summits and rock stars focused on the plight of the continent. B…