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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.
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August 9, 2023
Latin America
A Ticking Clock for Latin America’s Nearshoring Opportunity
The window is still open for the region to benefit from the supply chain reshuffle—but not for much longer.
December 19, 2023
Democracy
What a Democratic Russia Would Mean for the United States
When the Soviet Union collapsed more than thirty years ago, American leaders hoped that Russia would embark on a transition to free-market democracy. Shared democratic values, the thinking went, woul…
March 20, 2023
Democracy
The Long Shadow of the Iraq War: Lessons and Legacies Twenty Years Later
On March 20, 2003, I found myself bobbing offshore along Iraq’s tiny coastline in a raging sandstorm, as a reporter covering the U.S. Navy SEALs and Polish special forces’ operations in the U.S.-led …
November 26, 2018
United States
CFR 2018: The Year in Events
In 2018, CFR once again hosted high-level discussions of global affairs, from U.S. election security to the Iran-Saudi Arabia rivalry to the artificial intelligence race.
August 16, 2023
United States
Does Fitch’s Downgrade of U.S. Debt Really Matter?
The ratings agency’s decision will have no consequences for the U.S. dollar’s global role, but it highlights the country’s darkening fiscal outlook and governance challenges.
January 11, 2024
U.S. Foreign Policy Program
What to Do About Coups
Nothing may seem more obvious to supporters of democracy than the need to oppose, punish, and deter coups. But defining a coup, let alone reacting sensibly to one, is difficult for many democratic go…
September 25, 2018
Monetary Policy
Good News! The Federal Reserve is Surviving the Trump Era.
Improbably, the Federal Reserve is surviving the Trump era with its integrity intact. Jerome H. Powell, the Fed chairman since February, is quietly emerging as a skilled Washington operator.
