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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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February 8, 2019
Economics
2019 Robert B. Menschel Economics Symposium
Although the global rate of extreme poverty is at a historic low, the pace of poverty reduction is slowing and the World Bank estimates that more than 700 million people still live on less than $1.90…
December 13, 2023
Trade
Visualizing 2024: Trends to Watch
What trends will shape world events in the year ahead? Five CFR experts weigh in.
March 7, 2023
Russia
The Precarious Future of Russian Democracy
When the new Russia emerged from the wreckage of the Soviet Union in 1991, it was widely expected to embark on a democratic transition. In the then dominant Western narrative, it had no alternative i…
September 8, 2020
United States
Winners and Losers of the Pandemic Economy
While it is true that bullish equity markets are out of step with the historic contraction in the real economy, to say that they are disconnected from it misses the point. In fact, the lofty valuatio…
December 4, 2023
United States
Congress Can Help Make Housing Affordable—It Just Has to Act
The Barrister Apartments in downtown Cincinnati, slated to open early next year, are a housing policy success story. Financed with federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credits, it is the first investment i…
August 25, 2022
Latin America
Why Latin America Lost at Globalization—and How It Can Win Now
A case for greater intraregional trade in today’s changing world
