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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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March 27, 2024
Space
UFOs: Close Encounters of the National Security Kind
On this episode of Why It Matters, experts discuss the national security concerns around UFOs and the real search for extraterrestrial life.
April 26, 2024
United States
Election 2024: Is Donald Trump an Isolationist?
Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: Donald Trump has long criticized U.S. foreign policy. That doesn’t mean he wants America to “come h…
January 24, 2024
Israel
A Conversation With U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism Deborah Lipstadt
Historian and now U.S. Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt discusses the increase in antisemitic incidents and rhetoric following the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, contemporary sources of antisemitism, a…
February 12, 2024
Trade
C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics with Katherine Tai
Ambassador Katherine Tai discusses the role of trade policy in the global economy, current U.S. trade strategy, and priorities for the WTO Ministerial Conference. The C. Peter McColough Series on …
April 2, 2024
United States
RealEcon Launch: Reimagining American Economic Leadership
With RealEcon, CFR is creating an initiative to study and debate the role of the United States in the international economy. The launch event of this multiyear, multifaceted initiative will explore w…
April 24, 2024
China
China’s Battle Against Air Pollution: An Update
Although China seems to have continued improving air quality during the Covid era, it is premature to celebrate the end of its war against pollution.
June 25, 2019
Nigeria
The Potential U.S. Ambassadors to Nigeria and South Africa
Nigeria and South Africa have been the two African countries of greatest strategic importance to the United States. They are the two largest economies on the continent, and a major venue for U.S. investment. Historically, the United States and Nigeria have cooperated on African issues of mutual concern.
December 18, 2016
United States
The Next Ambassador to Israel
President-Elect Trump’s choice of David M. Friedman as his ambassador to Israel has occasioned both appropriate news coverage, and a barrage of nasty, ignorant, politically biased comments. Most o…