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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…
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December 16, 2023
United States
Campaign Roundup: What Would Donald Trump’s Second Term Foreign Policy Look Like?
Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: A second Trump presidency would shift U.S. foreign policy in a more nationalist and unilateralist d…
December 7, 2023
South Korea
CFR Fellows' Book Launch Series: The United States–South Korea Alliance: Why It May Fail and Why It Must Not by Scott A. Snyder
The alliance between the United States and South Korea has endured through seven decades of shifting regional and geopolitical security contexts. In The United States–South Korea Alliance: Why It May…
November 20, 2023
Financial Markets
Term Member Meeting With Former SEC Chairman Jay Clayton
Please join your fellow term members for a discussion with former Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Jay Clayton on a range of topics including how financial markets and corporate exec…
November 13, 2023
Liberia
History Casts a Long Shadow Over Liberia’s Democracy
As Liberia heads to a closely contested runoff election, the possibilities are decidedly limited.
October 31, 2023
United States
Meet Dean Phillips, Democratic Presidential Candidate
The U.S. congressman from Minnesota is a candidate for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination.
October 26, 2023
Elections and Voting
Elections in the AI Era
Jocelyn Benson, Michigan secretary of state, and Marc Rotenberg, executive director and founder of the Center for AI and Digital Policy, discuss how officials can prepare for challenges posed by AI i…
October 24, 2023
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…
October 9, 2023
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
The Conflict in the Middle East
CFR President Michael Froman leads a town hall discussion with CFR Fellows and members on the current crisis in the Middle East.
August 22, 2023
United States
The Future of Dollar Hegemony
The United States has benefited from the dollar’s dominance of global markets for decades. Washington should be wary of squandering those benefits through political infighting and reckless policymaki…
August 16, 2023
United States
Does Fitch’s Downgrade of U.S. Debt Really Matter?
The ratings agency’s decision will have no consequences for the U.S. dollar’s global role, but it highlights the country’s darkening fiscal outlook and governance challenges.
