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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November 2, 2023

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Virtual Media Briefing: Update on the Israel-Hamas War and the Region

Experts from the Council on Foreign Relations discuss the ongoing Israel-Hamas war and the implications it has for Gaza and the Middle East region.

A view of a burning flame and smoke rising in Gaza.

Virtual Event by Max Boot, Steven A. Cook, Linda Robinson, Ray Takeyh, and Michael Froman

February 2, 2024

Technology and Innovation

Cyber Week in Review: February 2, 2024

Senate holds hearing on child safety on social media; U.S. disables Chinese botnet; Taylor Swift deepfakes flood social media; AI companies have to report safety tests to government; Brazil investiga…

Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg, X Corp's CEO Linda Yaccarino,TikTok's CEO Shou Zi Chew and Discord's CEO Jason Citron are sworn in during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on online child sexual exploitation at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on January 31, 2024.

Blog Post by Kat Duffy, Kyle Fendorf, and Cecilia Marrinan Net Politics

October 10, 2023

Health

Council Special Report: A New U.S. Foreign Policy for Global Health

Panelists discuss the future of U.S. foreign policy on global health and ways to address future pandemics, climate change, health-related development goals, and other challenges in a divided country …

A nurse wearing personal protective equipment stands outside Elmhurst Hospital.

Virtual Event by David P. Fidler, Linda P. Fried, Ashish K. Jha, and Margaret (Peggy) Hamburg Global Health Program

October 26, 2023

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Diplomacy Intensifies With Israel-Hamas War, UK’s AI Safety Summit, China’s Foreign Minister Visits Washington, and More

Diplomatic contacts surge ahead of anticipated escalation in the Israel-Hamas war; the United Kingdom (UK) hosts its first artificial intelligence (AI) Safety Summit to develop strategies that mitiga…

Palestinian citizens evacuate their homes damaged by Israeli airstrikes on October 10, 2023 in Gaza City, Gaza.

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

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.

Webinar by Max Boot, Steven A. Cook, Linda Robinson, Ray Takeyh, and Michael Froman Middle East Program

April 10, 2024

Haiti

Haiti in Crisis

Panelists discuss the escalating economic and political situation in Haiti with a focus on the humanitarian crisis, how the destabilization of the region has impacted Haitian people both domestically…

A boy in Haiti sits next to the remains of a destroyed school after an earthquake.

Virtual Event by Monique Clesca, Brian A. Nichols, Garry Pierre-Pierre, and Marcia Biggs

November 22, 2023

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Understanding the U.S. Role in the Israel-Hamas War

Scenes from the Israel-Hamas war have reverberated across the world. In the United States, debate about the conflict has intensified, and it has resurfaced long-standing questions about policy toward…

Shadow of military tank in the Middle East.

Podcast by Gabrielle Sierra and Steven A. Cook Why It Matters

September 13, 2023

Inequality

Who Runs the World?... Not Women

Female representation in politics leads to numerous benefits, but the vast majority of the world’s most powerful politicians are men. Using the Council on Foreign Relations’ Women’s Power Index tool …

Female legislator raises hand to participate while holding child.

Podcast by Gabrielle Sierra, Linda Robinson, and Sandra Pepera Why It Matters

September 29, 2023

Human Rights

Rights and Realities: The Middle East Today

Panelists assess the current state of human rights in the Middle East, along with the impact of U.S foreign policy on human rights, regional partnerships, and geopolitical dynamics.

Virtual Event by Michael J. Abramowitz, Nazanin Boniadi, Amy Hawthorne, and Linda Robinson Women and Foreign Policy Program