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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December 8, 2023

Climate Change

Ten Most Significant World Events in 2023

As 2023 comes to a close, here are the top ten most notable world events of the year.

Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

November 16, 2023

Iran

Networks of Influence: Iran's Agenda in the Middle East

Panelists assess Iran’s interests in the conflict in Gaza and its ties to Hamas, and discuss its broader influence in the Middle East, as well as the future of U.S. policy towards Iran.

People attend a gathering in support of Palestine in Tehran, Iran.

Virtual Event by Suzanne Maloney, Vali R. Nasr, Robin Wright, and Arshad A. Mohammed

October 27, 2023

Middle East and North Africa

The U.S. Faces a Public Relations Crisis in the Arab and Muslim World

The Joe Biden administration’s steadfast show of support for Israel in its war with Hamas has reignited a torrent of anti-American sentiment in many Arab and Muslim communities.

Demonstrators in Ankara wave Turkish and Palestinian flags during a rally in solidarity with Palestinians on October 14, 2023..

Article by Farah Pandith Middle East Program

October 16, 2023

Israel

Screening and Discussion of "Golda"

Golda is set during the tense 19 days of the October 1973 Yom Kippur War. Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, faced with the potential of Israel’s complete destruction, must navigate overwhelming odds…

Former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir speaking at a press conference in 1973.

Event by Steven A. Cook, Lucy Kurtzer-Ellenbogen, Guy Nattiv, and Greg Myre

October 7, 2023

Israel

Virtual Media Briefing: Hamas Attacks on Israel

After the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched attacks from Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared today that Israel is “at war.” Experts from the Council on Foreign Relatio…

Virtual Event by Steven A. Cook, Martin S. Indyk, Ray Takeyh, Michael Froman, and Michael Froman Middle East Program

September 29, 2023

Human Rights

Women This Week: French Athletes Prohibited from Playing in Hijab for 2024 Olympic Games

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers September 23 to September 29.

Supporters of the women soccer team "Les Hijabeuses" play soccer in front of the city hall in Lille as part of a protest as French Senate examines a bill featuring controversial hijab ban in competitive sports in France, February 16, 2022.

Blog Post by Noël James Women Around the World

September 22, 2023

Taiwan

The Dangers of Excluding Taiwan from International Organizations

The exclusion of Taiwan from international organizations hinders the world’s ability to develop comprehensive and effective solutions to a growing set of transnational issues.

Blog Post by Claire Tiunn Asia Unbound

September 21, 2023

Iraq

A Conversation With Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani of Iraq

Prime Minister Shia’ al-Sudani discusses Iraq-U.S. relations, Iraq’s foreign policy priorities, and geopolitical and security trends in the region.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani at his first regular session of the Council of Ministers in Baghdad, Iraq.

Virtual Event by Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani and Ayman Mohyeldin

September 21, 2023

Malaysia

A Conversation With Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim of Malaysia

RUBIN: OK. (Laughs.) Good afternoon. I’m Bob Rubin. I’m co-chair emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations. And it is my enormous privilege to welcome an old personal friend to the Council today, …

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim at the general assembly of the People’s Justice Party.

Virtual Event by Anwar Ibrahim, Mariko Silver, and Robert E. Rubin

September 19, 2023

United Kingdom

A Conversation With UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly discusses the United Kingdom’s foreign policy priorities and approach to the seventy-eighth United Nations General Assembly.

Virtual Event by James Cleverly and Michael Froman