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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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September 26, 2023
Civil Society
The Identity Trap
One of our leading public intellectuals traces the origin of a set of ideas about identity and social justice that is rapidly transforming America—and explains why it will fail to accomplish its nobl…
September 27, 2011
Yemen
Resetting U.S. Policy Toward Yemen
Introduction Yemen is slipping into an uncertain and dangerous future. In early June 2011, President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has ruled the country for the past thirty-three years, narrowly escaped…
January 19, 2012
Homeland Security
Faster, Safer, and Smarter: A Modern Visa System for the United States
Introduction The U.S. visa system is still not effectively focusing resources on those who pose a threat to our country. More than a decade after 9/11, foreign tourists, business travelers, studen…
February 24, 2014
Iran
How to Promote Human Rights in Iran
CFR Senior Fellow Ray Takeyh argues that it is necessary for the United States to emphasize human rights issues during discussions of a nuclear agreement with Iran.
June 25, 2012
Afghanistan
What It Will Take to Secure Afghanistan
Afghanistan is approaching a major inflection point in its long and turbulent history. In 2014 most of the foreign military forces are due to pull out. With them will go the bulk of foreign financing…
