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 December 5, 2023 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 December 5, 2023 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

Economics

C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics With Lael Brainard

Lael Brainard of the Federal Reserve discusses the challenges facing U.S. economic recovery. The C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics brings the world's foremost economic policymakers and scholars to address members on current topics in international economics and U.S. monetary policy. This meeting series is presented by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies.

Virtual Event with Lael Brainard and Roger W. Ferguson Jr. March 2, 2021 C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics

Economics

C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics With Lael Brainard

Virtual Event with Lael Brainard and Roger W. Ferguson Jr. March 2, 2021 C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics

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March 14, 2009

Monetary Policy

China has more to worry about than its Treasury holdings

Premier Wen knows how to get attention; all he has to do is raise a few doubts about China’s ongoing willingness to keep on buying US assets. The FT, the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times …

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

December 29, 2015

Politics and Government

Ten American Foreign Policy Influentials Who Died in 2015

As 2015 comes to a close, here are ten influential U.S. foreign policy figures who passed away this year.

Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

January 30, 2009

Monetary Policy

Secrets of SAFE: A trillion of Treasuries here, a trillion there and pretty soon you are talking about real money ...

China has $1946 billion in reserves. The PBoC had another $185 billion in “other foreign assets” at the end of November. Given the fall in China’s reserve requirement, now likely has maybe $160 …

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

December 28, 2016

United States

Ten American Foreign Policy Influentials Who Died in 2016

As 2016 comes to a close, here are ten influential U.S. foreign policy figures who passed away this year.

Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

September 16, 2007

Financial Markets

Strong oil, weak dollar -

The negative correlation between the dollar and the price of oil was much in evidence last week – The dollar hit a record low against the euro, and is quite weak against most of the major currencies…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money