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

Economics

C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics With Lael Brainard

Lael Brainard of the Federal Reserve discusses the challenges facing U.S. economic recovery. The C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics brings the world's foremost economic policymakers and scholars to address members on current topics in international economics and U.S. monetary policy. This meeting series is presented by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies.

Virtual Event with Lael Brainard and Roger W. Ferguson Jr. March 2, 2021 C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics

Economics

C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics With Lael Brainard

Virtual Event with Lael Brainard and Roger W. Ferguson Jr. March 2, 2021 C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics

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July 25, 2024

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

World Reacts to Biden Withdrawal, Summer Olympics Begin, Gaza Diplomacy After Netanyahu’s Visit to Washington, and More

Global leaders react to U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to drop out of the 2024 race and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for the Democratic nomination; France ramps up security measures as t…

Podcast by Robert McMahon and Carla Anne Robbins The World Next Week

July 23, 2024

Daily News Brief

Palestinian Unity Declaration, and Other Headlines of the Day

The Daily News Brief

Article by CFR.org Editors

July 17, 2024

Denmark

Danish Prime Minister Rallies Urgently Needed Support for Ukraine

Mette Frederiksen of Denmark discusses strengthening U.S.-European ties, stopping Russian hybrid warfare, and shoring up democracy via safer digital technology.

Discussion with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Linda Robinson, Senior fellow for women and foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).

Blog Post by Linda Robinson Women Around the World

July 9, 2024

Denmark

A Conversation With Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of Denmark

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of Denmark discusses transatlantic cooperation, Russia's war in Ukraine, and her priorities for the NATO Summit in Washington.

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen speaks on stage during a news conference.

Virtual Event by Mette Frederiksen and Linda Robinson

June 26, 2024

Sudan

What Is the Extent of Sudan’s Humanitarian Crisis?

More than a year into the civil war in Sudan, over nine million people have been displaced, exacerbating an already devastating humanitarian crisis.

In Brief by Mariel Ferragamo and Diana Roy

June 11, 2024

United Nations

Sorensen Distinguished Lecture: A Conversation With Cindy McCain

Cindy McCain shares her vision to combat hunger and malnutrition around the world. The World Food Programme (WFP) works in the most challenging contexts around the world, reaching more than 150 milli…

Cindy McCain sits presenting on CFR stage.

Virtual Event by Cindy Hensley McCain and Marcus Mabry Sorensen Lecture

May 28, 2024

Elections and Voting

Ailing Democracy and Declining Women’s Representation: How They Are Related and What to Do About It

Annual reports on the health of democracy this year reaffirmed an ongoing trend of decline, which has occurred alongside a less heralded but related stalling of women’s political participation. Given…

A woman leaves after casting her vote at a polling station during the sixth phase of the general election, in New Delhi, India, May 25, 2024.

Article by Linda Robinson Diamonstein-Spielvogel Project on the Future of Democracy

About CFR

Women and Foreign Policy Program Meetings

The following meetings were convened under the Council's traditional not-for-attribution rules. The project page and WFP home page include links to recordings of on-the-record meetings convened by Se…

May 22, 2024

Election 2024

European Tech Law Faces Test to Address Interference, Threats, and Disinformation in 2024 Elections

The European Union (EU) began implementing the Digital Services Act (DSA) this year, just in time to combat online disinformation and other electoral interference in the dozens of elections taking pl…

Pin badges encouraging people to vote in June's European Parliament elections are placed at the Malta office information stand during a conference at the European Parliament, in Rabat, Malta May 22, 2024.

Article by Linda Robinson Diamonstein-Spielvogel Project on the Future of Democracy

May 20, 2024

Middle East Program

Virtual Media Briefing: Iran After Raisi and New ICC Charges

CFR experts discuss the implications of the death of Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi, new International Criminal Court charges against Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leadership, and other updates from …

Outside the Iranian embassy in Baghdad after the deaths of Raisi and others

Virtual Event by Steven A. Cook, David J. Scheffer, Ray Takeyh, and Carla Anne Robbins Middle East Program