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.

by Lindsay Maizland and Clara Fong January 21, 2025 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.

by Lindsay Maizland and Clara Fong January 21, 2025 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…

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

by Olivia Angelino, Thomas J. Bollyky, Elle Ruggiero and Isabella Turilli February 1, 2023 Global Health Program

Africa Program

The U.S. Approach to East Africa and the Horn

Michelle Gavin, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, along with Joshua Meservey, testified on Tuesday, May 13, 2025 to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The focus of the hearing w…

Testimony by Michelle Gavin May 13, 2025

Africa Program

The U.S. Approach to East Africa and the Horn

Testimony by Michelle Gavin May 13, 2025

United States

A Conversation With Senator Brian Schatz

Senator Brian Schatz discusses the future of funding for U.S. foreign assistance and diplomatic engagement and the ability of the United States to address global challenges. If you wish to attend virtually, log-in information and instructions on how to participate during the question and answer portion will be provided the evening before the event to those who register. Please note the audio, video, and transcript of this hybrid meeting will be posted on the CFR website.

Virtual Event with Brian Schatz and Vivian Salama May 15, 2025

United States

A Conversation With Senator Brian Schatz

Virtual Event with Brian Schatz and Vivian Salama May 15, 2025

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April 14, 2025

Foreign Policy

CFR Welcomes Rebecca Lissner as Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is pleased to welcome back Rebecca Lissner to the David Rockefeller Studies Program, CFR’s think tank. As a senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy, Lissner will …

News Releases

February 13, 2025

United States

CFR Welcomes David Lipton and Rebecca Patterson as Senior Fellows

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is pleased to welcome David Lipton and Rebecca Patterson to the David Rockefeller Studies Program, CFR’s think tank. Lipton is an economist and policy expe…

News Releases

May 20, 2025

Daily News Brief

Trump’s Mediation on Ukraine

Welcome to the Daily News Brief, CFR’s flagship morning newsletter summarizing the top global news and analysis of the day. Subscribe to the Daily News Brief to receive it every weekday morning. …

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with journalists following a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump at the Sirius educational centre for gifted children near Sochi in the Krasnodar region, Russia, May 19, 2025.

Article by CFR.org Editors

April 10, 2025

United States

Media Briefing: Trump's Tariffs and the Future of the Global Economy

CFR experts provide insights and context around President Donald Trump’s recent enactment of tariffs, global reactions, and what his plans mean for the future of the global economy.

U.S. President Trump delivers remarks on tariffs, at the White House

Virtual Event by Matthew P. Goodman, Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Shannon K. O'Neil, Rebecca Patterson, and Heidi Crebo-Rediker Media Briefings

September 22, 2020

Grand Strategy

Grand Strategy and An Open World, With Rebecca Lissner

Rebecca Lissner, assistant professor in the Strategic and Operational Research Department at the U.S. Naval War College, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how the United States might revamp …

A serviceman of the U.S. Air Force stands in front of a Bell V-22 Osprey tiltrotor during the joint military drills of the Special Operations Forces (SOF) of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the US Army Europe.

Podcast by James M. Lindsay The President’s Inbox

March 26, 2025

United States

Mar-a-Lago Accord Is Not a Recipe for Success

The Mar-a-Lago Accord refers to a blueprint from one of President Trump’s top advisors that would mark an inflection point for the global economic order—but it is unlikely to get the cross-border coo…

President Donald Trump speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida.

Article by Rebecca Patterson Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies

May 9, 2025

Japan

Tokyo Is Calling

The 1985 Plaza Accord revealed the need for closer international financial cooperation in an increasingly interdependent global economy where domestic policies could generate international shocks. …