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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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February 26, 2015
Health Policy and Initiatives
The Tobacco Treaty Turns Ten
The WHO’s tobacco treaty in 2005 was hailed as a crucial tool for controlling one of the world’s most lethal substances and as a model for confronting other global health problems. Ten years later it…
October 5, 2011
Afghanistan
Looming Threat to Afghan Women’s Rights
With the United States eager to withdraw from Afghanistan and reconciliation with the Taliban considered key to any peace process, Afghan women’s rights are once again in question, writes CFR’s Gayle…
May 18, 2018
Foreign Aid
PEPFAR’s Impact on Global Health Is Fading
During its fifteen years, PEPFAR has become one of the most important global health initiatives ever launched. However, its influence is fading, threatening the global fight against HIV/AIDS as the s…
June 9, 2014
Syria
Syria: Humanitarian Disaster—and Security Threat
Syria’s civil war poses an expanding threat to the region and beyond. Washington should seize the opportunity that still exists to weaken the Assad regime, writes CFR’s Elliott Abrams.
September 10, 2015
Europe and Eurasia
Borderline Chaos: The EU’s New Challenge
The European Union’s divided approach to the mass influx of migrants poses another threat to the goal of binding the continent economically and politically, writes CFR’s Sebastian Mallaby.