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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June 11, 2024

Asia

Lost Decade

Robert D. Blackwill and Richard Fontaine evaluate the limitations of the Pivot to Asia and offer a compelling vision for the future of U.S. foreign policy in the Indo-Pacific.

Book by Robert D. Blackwill and Richard Fontaine

About CFR

Women and Foreign Policy Program Meetings

May 15, 2024

India

Religion and Foreign Policy Webinar: India's 2024 General Elections

Lisa Curtis, senior fellow and director of the Indo-Pacific Security Program at Center for a New American Security, and Milan Vaishnav, senior fellow and director of the South Asia Program at the Car…

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves towards his supporters during a roadshow in Varanasi, India.

Webinar by Lisa Curtis, Milan Vaishnav, and Alyssa Ayres Religion and Foreign Policy Webinars

May 1, 2024

Aging, Youth Bulges, and Population

The Foreign Policy Challenges of an Aging Society

Panelists discuss the longevity challenges facing countries around the world, the foreign policy implications of dealing with aging societies, and the comparative advantage opportunities for countrie…

A young carer holds the hands of an elderly woman.

Event by Jane Buchanan, Jennifer D. Sciubba, Andrew Scott, and Ali Velshi

April 29, 2024

Biotechnology

Bernard L. Schwartz Annual Lecture on Economic Growth and Foreign Policy With Tony Coles

Drawing from his distinguished career in the pharmaceutical industry, Cerevel Therapeutics Chairman and former CEO Tony Coles discusses developments in biotechnology, the implications of health polic…

A view shows vials with red caps during the production of vaccine against the coronavirus disease.

Virtual Event by Tony Coles and Michael Froman

May 3, 2024

United States

Election 2024: Trump Talks Foreign Policy With Time Magazine

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: Donald Trump gave his most detailed interview on foreign policy yet. He made some dubious claims bu…

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

May 20, 2024

Iran

President’s Death in Crash Unlikely to Affect Iranian Policies

Ebrahim Raisi was more loyal to hard-line Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei than previous presidents, and whoever succeeds him is likely to be just as conservative.

A group of Iranian women gather outside in mourning over the death of President Ebrahim Raisi carrying images of the deceased president.

Expert Brief by Ray Takeyh

May 7, 2024

Election 2024

Guarding the Ballot: Addressing Foreign Disinformation and Election Interference

Panelists discuss the escalating threat of foreign disinformation and other forms of election interference and what the United States and its allies can do to combat this risk. This meeting part …

An American voter casts a ballot at an election booth.

Virtual Event by Anne E. Applebaum, Jon Bateman, James P. Rubin, and Dina Temple-Raston

April 4, 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

CFR Luncheon Discussion at ISA: Foreign Policy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

The CFR luncheon event held in conjunction with the International Studies Association featured a discussion on Foreign Policy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence on Thursday, April 4, in San Franci…

Event by Rachel Gillum, Andrew W. Reddie, Carla Anne Robbins, and James M. Lindsay

April 4, 2024

Trade

Series on Emerging Technology, U.S. Foreign Policy, and World Order: A Conversation With Patrick P. Gelsinger of Intel

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger discusses developments in the tech industry, implications of geopolitical conflicts on global trade, and leadership lessons learned.

Virtual Event by Patrick P. Gelsinger, Jon Fortt, Blair W. Effron, and Michael Froman Series on Emerging Technology, U.S. Foreign Policy, and World Order