Council on Foreign Relations

How New Tobacco Control Laws Could Help Close the Racial Gap on U.S. Cancer

This interactive examines how nationwide bans on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, as proposed by the Biden administration on April 28, 2022, could help shrink the racial gap on U.S. lung cancer death rates.

Interactive by Olivia Angelino, Thomas J. Bollyky, Elle Ruggiero and Isabella Turilli February 1, 2023 Global Health Program

Health

How New Tobacco Control Laws Could Help Close the Racial Gap on U.S. Cancer

Interactive by Olivia Angelino, Thomas J. Bollyky, Elle Ruggiero and Isabella Turilli February 1, 2023 Global Health Program

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February 7, 2023

Canada

Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy, With Jonathan Berkshire Miller

Jonathan Berkshire Miller, senior fellow and director of foreign affairs, national defense, and national security at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss Canada…

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers an apology to descendants of No. 2 Construction Battalion, in Truro

Podcast by James M. Lindsay and Jonathan Berkshire Miller The President’s Inbox

May 19, 2023

Ukraine

How Much Aid Has the U.S. Sent Ukraine? Here Are Six Charts.

Six graphics illustrate the extraordinary level of support the United States has provided Ukraine this past year in its war against Russian invaders.

A Ukrainian serviceman carries an artillery shell.

Article by Jonathan Masters and Will Merrow

May 22, 2023

Nigeria

Why Buhari Failed

When Nigerians needed him to deliver, President Muhammadu Buhari fell short.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari speaks while wearing white clothing and a traditional white hat.

Blog Post by Ebenezer Obadare Africa in Transition

February 5, 2007

Israel

Aronson: Secret Syrian-Israeli Talks Produced Unofficial Agreement

Geoffrey Aronson, who participated in two years of intermittent talks between unofficial Israeli and Syrian representatives, said contacts continue even though they have not sat down together since l…

Interview by Geoffrey Aronson and Bernard Gwertzman

May 25, 2023

Middle East and North Africa

The Arab League

Founded as a loose confederation of states in 1945, the Arab League has struggled to overcome dysfunction and disunity among its members.

Flag of Arab League member states accompany the league's seal

Backgrounder by Jonathan Masters and Mohammed Aly Sergie

May 10, 2023

Nuclear Weapons

A New Nuclear Age

Before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the possibility of nuclear war felt like a problem of days past. Now, as great-power competition heats up, the potential for nuclear conflict seems higher than…

Animated graphic of several launched nuclear weapons.

Podcast by Gabrielle Sierra, J. Andrés Gannon, and Rupal N. Mehta Why It Matters

July 16, 2019

Nigeria

The Post-Presidential Legacy of Nigeria’s Goodluck Jonathan

Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan’s international reputation has improved since conceding the presidency in 2015. What does that say about democracy in the country?

Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan speaks to the media as part of the National Democratic Institute's election monitoring delegation in Liberia on December 26, 2017.

Blog Post by Michelle Gavin Africa in Transition

March 30, 2023

Russia

Nuclear Weapons in Europe: Mapping U.S. and Russian Deployments

Russia’s threat to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus has raised the specter of a new nuclear standoff with the United States and its allies in Europe. It also draws new attention to how such…

In Brief by Jonathan Masters and Will Merrow

May 16, 2019

Nigeria

Nigerian Government Accuses Jonathan of Accepting Bribes While President

In a court case in London involving international oil companies and the oil block designated OPL 245—thought to be one of the largest untapped reserves in Africa—lawyers for the Nigerian government accused Jonathan and Alison-Madueke with plotting to “receive bribes and make a secret profit.”