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

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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December 23, 2011

Social Issues

Five Economic Trends to Watch in 2012

Experts forecast the five most consequential trends in 2012, following a year in which the global economy struggled amid high unemployment and mounting debt crises.

Expert Roundup by Christopher Alessi, Gary Burtless, A. Michael Spence, Yukon Huang, Jacob Kirkegaard, and Thomas Philippon and Thomas Philippon Ashley Lester

December 14, 2016

Asia

What Future for the Asia Pivot Under Trump?

How will President-Elect Trump follow up the Obama administration’s Asia pivot? Five Asia experts reflect on the region’s top priorities.

Expert Roundup by Eleanor Albert, Karen B. Brooks, Bonnie S. Glaser, Daniel S. Markey, Michael Auslin, and Aaron L. Connelly

December 27, 2016

Global

Prospects for the Global Economy in 2017

In the wake of a turbulent 2016, four experts analyze what’s in store for the global economy in the coming year, from China’s rebalancing efforts to the rise of populism in Europe.

Expert Roundup by James McBride, Matthew M. Taylor, Iain Begg, Brad W. Setser, and Dambisa Moyo

July 5, 2017

Global Governance

What's at Stake at the G20 Summit

Will the leaders' gathering in Hamburg find consensus on pressing global economic issues? Experts from many of the group's member states assess prospects.

Expert Roundup by Heribert Dieter, Yasushi Kudo, Fyodor Lukyanov, Sunjoy Joshi, Samir Saran, Ye Yu, Sook-Jong Lee, Steven Blockmans, Daniel Gros, Tom Bernes, Elizabeth Sidiropoulos, and Carlos Ivan Simonsen Leal

November 2, 2017

United States

Trump and Asia: Resources from CFR and Foreign Affairs

On Friday, President Donald J. Trump will start a two week trip that includes visits to Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam, and the Philippines. Recent resources from the Council on Foreign Relations…

Expert Roundup by Karen B. Brooks, Elizabeth C. Economy, Yanzhong Huang, Miles Kahler, Patricia M. Kim, Joshua Kurlantzick, Ely Ratner, Sheila A. Smith, Brad W. Setser, Scott A. Snyder, and Paul B. Stares