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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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May 1, 1997
Drug Policy
Rethinking International Drug Control
Despite the growing severity of the drug abuse problem in the United States and evidence that supply-control programs are ineffective, the supply-side approach to drug control has endured. This task …
March 21, 2017
Arctic
Arctic Imperatives
Overview “The United States, through Alaska, is a significant Arctic nation with strategic, economic, and scientific interests,” asserts a new Council on Foreign Relations-sponsored (CFR) Independ…
October 17, 1999
International Law
Safeguarding Prosperity in a Global Financial System
The international community will not make real headway in crisis prevention if private creditors—and particularly large commercial banks—can escape from bad loans to emerging economies at relatively …
January 1, 1997
Nonproliferation, Arms Control, and Disarmament
A New U.S. Policy Toward India and Pakistan
Executive Summary Fifty years after gaining independence, India and Pakistan remain at odds. Given both countries’ de facto nuclear capabilities, their continued rivalry flirts with disaster. Yet …
April 27, 2009
Nonproliferation, Arms Control, and Disarmament
U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy
In his April 5 Prague speech, President Obama called for the United States to lead international efforts toward a world free of nuclear weapons. A new Council on Foreign Relations-sponsored Independe…
