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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October 31, 2022

Politics and Government

Renewing America Series: The 2022 U.S. Midterm Elections

Please join our panelists as they discuss the upcoming U.S. midterm elections, the ramifications for future legislation, and what the results might portend for the future of politics and polarization…

Virtual Event by Christopher J. Dodd, John E. Sununu, Amy Walter, and Mara Liasson Renewing America

May 13, 2010

United Kingdom

Signals of Foreign Policy Vigor in London

Britain’s coalition government has an ambitious agenda that includes strong transatlantic and European ties, says expert Fred Kempe. But success will depend on how well the government manages British…

Interview by Frederick S. Kempe and Deborah Jerome

December 8, 2022

United States

Renewing America Series: What to Expect From the Lame-Duck Congress

Our panelists discuss the current lame-duck session of Congress, including debates over the spending and the debt ceiling, additional funds for Ukraine, and reforms to the Electoral Count Act, among …

Virtual Event by Charles Cook, Manu Raju, Kayla Tausche, and Betsy Fischer Martin Renewing America

September 18, 2020

United States

Happy 73rd Birthday to the U.S Air Force!

The United States Air Force marks seventy-three years of service.

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

October 1, 2020

Climate Change

Confronting Climate Change: Methane Emissions and the Environment

The Environmental Protection Agency recently announced it would rescind some methane reporting regulations, a decision now being debated in federal court. Speakers discuss the environmental risks of …

Pipe of grey biogas, methane collected from dairy farms

Virtual Event by Alice C. Hill, Fred Krupp, Gretchen Watkins, and Tracy B. McKibben Energy Security and Climate Change Program

October 13, 2020

Economics

World Economic Update

The World Economic Update highlights the quarter’s most important and emerging trends. Discussions cover changes in the global marketplace with special emphasis on current economic events and their i…

Virtual Event by Rebecca Patterson, Adam Posen, Kenneth S. Rogoff, and Sebastian Mallaby World Economic Update