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September 20, 2024

Climate Change
What Is Climate Week?

The annual convening of Climate Week in New York has become one of the largest globally for climate reform, but can the events shore up meaningful commitments amid the worsening effects of global war…

Youth protest in New York City as part of climate week.
Expert Brief by Alice C. Hill

September 18, 2024

Infrastructure
Reporting on Infrastructure Investment

Heidi Crebo-Rediker, adjunct senior fellow in the Center for Geoeconomic Studies at CFR, discusses the state of American infrastructure since the passing of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act…

Play Florida Keys Overseas Highway (Reuters Connect)
Virtual Event by Heidi Crebo-Rediker, Wesley Muller, Carla Anne Robbins, and Irina A. Faskianos Local Journalists Webinars

September 18, 2024

Global
What Are the UN Sustainable Development Goals?

The United Nations’ ambitious development agenda aims to protect people and the planet via seventeen goals. But experts say governments aren’t doing enough to implement them.

Students attend a lesson at a school in the Tillabéri region of Niger.
Backgrounder by Clara Fong and Diana Roy

September 18, 2024

United States
The Millennium Challenge Corporation at 20: Progress and Prospects

Panelists reflect on the past, present, and future of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) having reached its twentieth anniversary of operation, as well as the future of economic diplomacy and…

Play Millennium Challenge Corporation CEO Alice Albright speaks at podium in Washington, DC, U.S.
Event by Alice P. Albright, Gary R. Edson, Lynn Raymond Young, and Matthew P. Goodman

September 16, 2024

United States
CFR Fellows' Book Launch Series: Reagan—His Life and Legend by Max Boot

From best-selling biographer Max Boot comes this revelatory portrait, a decade in the making, of the actor-turned-politician whose telegenic leadership ushered in a transformative conservative era in…

Play President Ronald Reagan at Republican convention Rally in 1982.
Virtual Event by Max Boot and James M. Lindsay

September 12, 2024

Japan
The LDP Leadership Race: Six More Join, a Field of Nine

September has brought six more candidates to the race, creating the largest field of candidates in the party’s history.

Hayashi, Motegi, Koizumi, Takaichi, Kato, Kamikawa
Blog Post by Sheila A. Smith Asia Unbound

September 11, 2024

Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste: Twenty-Five Years After Independence

Timor-Leste has emerged as a democratic bright spot in a region struggling with democratic regression.

Timor's Prime Miinster stands at a podium with a red cloth over it while he gestures his hands.
Blog Post by Joshua Kurlantzick Asia Unbound

September 10, 2024

United States
CFR and U.S. Department of Commerce Supply Chain Summit

Please click here to view the full agenda with all speakers. The Supply Chain Summit, cohosted by the Council on Foreign Relations and the U.S. Department of Commerce, explores efforts taken by go…

Play The seal of the U.S. Department of Commerce on a podium.
Virtual Event by Michael Froman, Gina M. Raimondo, Don D. Graves Jr., Grant T. Harris, and Matthew P. Goodman

August 22, 2024

Elections and Voting
The 2024 U.S. Presidential Nominations

James M. Lindsay, senior vice president, director of studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg chair at CFR, discusses the party nomination and electoral process in U.S. presidential elections and the foreig…

Play stage
Webinar by James M. Lindsay and Irina A. Faskianos State and Local Webinars

August 19, 2024

Election 2024
What a Harris-Walz Administration Would Mean for Southeast and South Asia

A Harris-Walz administration would build upon the Biden administration’s focus on partners and allies and likely struggle to respond to regional democratic backsliding.

Vice President Kamala Harris wears a tan suit while shaking hands with Indonesian President Joko Widodo, who wears a black suit and maroon tie.
Blog Post by Joshua Kurlantzick Asia Unbound