Council on Foreign Relations

Global Climate Agreements: Successes and Failures

Introduction 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…

Backgrounder by Lindsay Maizland December 5, 2023 Renewing America

Climate Change

Global Climate Agreements: Successes and Failures

Introduction 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…

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

Middle East and North Africa

The End of Ambition

A clear-headed vision for the United States' role in the Middle East that highlights the changing nature of U.S. national interests and the challenges of grand strategizing at a time of profound change in the international order.

Book by Steven A. Cook June 3, 2024

Middle East and North Africa

The End of Ambition

Book by Steven A. Cook June 3, 2024

Climate Change

A Conversation With John Kerry

John Kerry discusses his work as U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, the challenges the United States faces, and the Biden administration’s priorities as it continues to address climate chan…

Virtual Event with John F. Kerry and Michael Froman March 1, 2024

Climate Change

A Conversation With John Kerry

Virtual Event with John F. Kerry and Michael Froman March 1, 2024

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May 8, 2024

Politics and Government

2024 Conference on Diversity in International Affairs

The 2024 Conference on Diversity in International Affairs is a collaborative effort by the Council on Foreign Relations, the Global Access Pipeline, and the International Career Advancement Program. …

Group of young professionals around tables networking

Virtual Event by Kevin A. Ball, María G. Barsallo Lynch, Mohamad Bazzi, Wafa Ben-Hassine, Esther Brimmer, Laura Delgado Lopez, Rush Doshi, Miriam Elder, Andrea R. Flores, Eric Garcetti, Sherry Hakimi, Shanthi A. Kalathil, Jessica Keegan, Andrew S. Kim, Brian Mateo, Ebenezer Obadare, Mira D. Patel, Sabrina Roshan, Pir Z. Shah, Ruth J. Simmons, Paul B. Stares, Munish Walther-Puri, Daniel E. White, Jamila White, Edith L. Bartley, Sewell Chan, Bay Fang, Michael Froman, Hermes Grullon, Charles A. Reynolds, Cecilia Elena Rouse, Gabrielle Sierra, Sue Mi Terry, and Ezinne Uzo-Okoro

May 13, 2024

Defense and Security

Robert B. McKeon Endowed Series on Military Strategy and Leadership

The U.S. military service chiefs discuss U.S. defense priorities around the world and the state of the American armed forces. The Robert B. McKeon Endowed Series on Military Strategy and Leadershi…

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely, steams ahead of the Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall during a maneuvering exercise.

Virtual Event by Randy A. George, Eric M. Smith, Lisa Franchetti, David W. Allvin, B. Chance Saltzman, Linda Fagan, and Michael Froman

February 28, 2024

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

American Military Leadership in the Middle East

Former CENTCOM Commanders David Petraeus and Anthony Zinni discuss the military aspect of the Israel-Hamas war and lessons learned from U.S. involvement and operations in the Middle East.

Smoke rises over northern Gaza following Israeli air strikes in Dec 2023.

Virtual Event by David H. Petraeus, Anthony C. Zinni, and Karen J. DeYoung

December 21, 2023

Middle East Program

Virtual Media Briefing: Israel's Military Strategy in Gaza

Panelists discuss Israel’s incursion into Southern Gaza, military tactics thus far, and potential exit strategies for the Israeli army.

An Israeli flag on a military vehicle at the border with Gaza

Webinar by Daniel L. Byman, Steven A. Cook, Audrey Kurth Cronin, and Justin Vogt Media Briefings

May 10, 2023

United States

2023 Conference on Diversity in International Affairs

The 2023 Conference on Diversity in International Affairs is a collaborative effort by the Council on Foreign Relations, the Global Access Pipeline, and the International Career Advancement Program. …

Virtual Event by Sundaa A. Bridgett-Jones, Esther Brimmer, Charles A. Carithers, Denise E. Der, Patricia Lee Dorff, Tammy Duckworth, Merve C. Hickok, Evanna Hu, Alex T. Johnson, Sameer Lalwani, Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Alexandria J. Maloney, Swathi Massar, Ebenezer Obadare, Leela Ramnath, Neil Shenai, Francis X. Suarez, Mischa Thompson, Tatiana Torres, Liz Wangu, Jeff Wong, Juan C. Zarate, Bunmi Akinnusotu, Faheen Allibhoy, Leila Fadel, Razi Hashmi, Aditi Kumar, Meghan E. Mercier, Navarro Moore, Federico C. Sequeda, Amber M. Whittington, Justin Worland, and Zaid A. Zaid Conference on Diversity in International Affairs

October 25, 2023

Military Operations

Academic Webinar: Military Strategy in the Contemporary World

Stephen Biddle, adjunct senior fellow for defense policy at CFR and professor of international and public affairs at Columbia University, leads the conversation on military strategy in the contempora…

Webinar by Stephen Biddle and Irina A. Faskianos National Security and Defense Program

May 3, 2023

United States

Is the U.S. Military Industrial Base Prepared?

Experts discuss the U.S. military's industrial capacity and readiness, if the stress test of the war in Ukraine has illuminated potential areas of weakness, and whether or not the U.S. industrial ba…