Council on Foreign Relations

How the U.S. Patrols Its Borders

President Trump sent U.S. troops to the border with Mexico to supplement the work of authorities there. President Biden pledges a new approach as pressures mount along the boundary.

Backgrounder by Amelia Cheatham, Claire Felter and Zachary Laub April 12, 2021

United States

How the U.S. Patrols Its Borders

President Trump sent U.S. troops to the border with Mexico to supplement the work of authorities there. President Biden pledges a new approach as pressures mount along the boundary.

Backgrounder by Amelia Cheatham, Claire Felter and Zachary Laub April 12, 2021

Pharmaceuticals and Vaccines

What Is the World Doing to Distribute COVID-19 Vaccines?

Only a year after the new coronavirus emerged, the first vaccines to protect against it are being administered. But production challenges, vaccine nationalism, and new virus strains are all presenting hurdles.

Backgrounder by Claire Felter March 1, 2021

Pharmaceuticals and Vaccines

What Is the World Doing to Distribute COVID-19 Vaccines?

Backgrounder by Claire Felter March 1, 2021

Diplomacy and International Institutions

Lessons Learned With Thomas Donilon

Thomas Donilon discusses his distinguished career in business and government, including his role as national security advisor under President Barack Obama, working with three U.S. presidents, serving at the state department, and his current roles at BlackRock and the Council on Foreign Relations. Lessons Learned is a roundtable series, open to term members and younger life members, which features distinguished speakers who reflect on their career experiences, the choices they made along the way, and the lessons they have learned from them.

Webinar with Thomas E. Donilon April 7, 2021

Diplomacy and International Institutions

Lessons Learned With Thomas Donilon

Webinar with Thomas E. Donilon April 7, 2021

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March 6, 2006

Energy and Climate Policy

Russia's Wrong Direction

Fifteen years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, "U.S.-Russia relations are clearly headed in the wrong direction," finds an Independent Task Force on U.S. policy toward Russia sponsored by the …

Task Force Report by Jack Kemp, John Edwards, and Stephen Sestanovich Europe Program

June 29, 2003

Terrorism and Counterterrorism

Emergency Responders

Written nearly two years after September 11, 2001, this report concludes that the United States is drastically underfunding local emergency responders and remains dangerously unprepared to handle a c…

Task Force Report by Warren B. Rudman, Jamie F. Metzl, and Richard A. Clarke

June 18, 2003

Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Are We Losing the Peace?

The United States successfully toppled the Taliban in the Afghan war, but it is in danger of losing the peace following the conclusion of that war. Without greater international support for the trans…

Task Force Report by Nicholas Platt, Mahnaz Ispahani, Marshall M. Bouton, Frank G. Wisner, and Dennis Kux

Experts on this Topic

Mark G. Kappelmann

Military Fellow, U.S. Army

Richard A. Falkenrath

Senior Fellow for National Security

Jon A. Eberlan

Military Fellow, U.S. Air Force

Charles A. Kupchan

Senior Fellow

Scott A. Snyder

Senior Fellow for Korea Studies and Director of the Program on U.S.-Korea Policy

Steven A. Cook

Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies and Director of the International Affairs Fellowship for Tenured International Relations Scholars

Sheila A. Smith

Senior Fellow for Japan Studies

A. Michael Spence

Distinguished Visiting Fellow