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

China Strategy Initiative

Securing America: Key Authorities Under the Defense Production Act

Four points framed Dr. Doshi’s remarks to the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. First, China is an ambitious and formidable competitor unlike any the United States h…

Testimony by Rush Doshi May 22, 2025 China Strategy Initiative

China Strategy Initiative

Securing America: Key Authorities Under the Defense Production Act

Four points framed Dr. Doshi’s remarks to the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. First, China is an ambitious and formidable competitor unlike any the United States h…

Testimony by Rush Doshi May 22, 2025 China Strategy Initiative

United States

2025 International Affairs Fellowship Conference: Diplomacy in a Changing World

Former U.S. ambassadors and IAF alumni reflect on the challenges of representing American interests amid rising authoritarianism, strained alliances, and shifting trade and security priorities—as well as how diplomacy is adapting and what it continues to get right. The International Affairs Fellowship (IAF) Keynote is made possible through a generous gift from Janine and J. Tomilson Hill in support of CFR’s flagship International Affairs Fellowship (IAF) program. For more information, please visit CFR’s Fellowship Affairs Page. A special series of summer meetings will follow this session, featuring a selection of CFR’s recent IAFs, IAFs in Canada, IAFs in India, IAFs in Indonesia, IAFs in Japan, IAFs for Tenured International Relations Scholars, and IAFs in European Security. Information about the summer sessions will be announced at a later date.

Virtual Event with Mark F. Brzezinski, Jendayi E. Frazer, Cameron R. Hume, James M. Lindsay and Michael Froman June 11, 2025

United States

2025 International Affairs Fellowship Conference: Diplomacy in a Changing World

Virtual Event with Mark F. Brzezinski, Jendayi E. Frazer, Cameron R. Hume, James M. Lindsay and Michael Froman June 11, 2025

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May 13, 2025

Trade

Demystifying Trade, Tariffs, and the Economy

This event was part of the 2025 CFR Local Journalists Workshop, which is made possible through the generous support of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. TRANSCRIPT VOGT: I hope it ins…

Event by Jonathan E. Hillman, Shannon K. O'Neil, Rebecca Patterson, and Justin Vogt Local Journalists Workshops

May 13, 2025

Climate Change

Climate Change Is Affecting the Economy. But Proving So Is a Challenge.

Several studies have attempted to model the effects of climate change on the economy, with varying results. But one fact remains certain: The costs of climate change will hit emerging markets and dev…

Workers remove mud accumulated by flooding at an industrial plant of hygiene, cleaning, and oleochemical products, in Encantado, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Article by Alice C. Hill and Priyanka Mahat Energy Security and Climate Change Program

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

June 20, 2025

United States

A Conversation With Deputy Treasury Secretary Michael Faulkender

Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Michael Faulkender addresses the current state of the U.S. economy and outlines the administration’s upcoming economic priorities This meeting is presented by Real…

Michael Faulkender, former Assistant Treasury Secretary for Economic Policy under former US President Donald Trump, speaks during an interview in Washington, DC, on October 1, 2024

Virtual Event by Michael W. Faulkender and Afsaneh Mashayekhi Beschloss

January 23, 2025

China

Rebalancing China’s Economy: Stimulus, Confidence, and Self-Sufficiency

Despite President Trump’s threat of steep tariffs, the real challenge for Chinese policymakers lies at home.

Pedestrians wait for a street signal on a sidewalk as an electronic billboard shows China's 2024 GDP growth in Shanghai

Post by Zongyuan Zoe Liu Asia Unbound

October 23, 2024

RealEcon

Trade Is a Win for the U.S. Economy

This op-ed was originally published by The Detroit News online on October 20, 2024 and in print on October 21, 2024. As Americans get ready to head to the polls, no issue is more central to their…

Article by Inu Manak and Fariha Kamal RealEcon

October 30, 2024

Election 2024

How Does Immigration Affect the U.S. Economy?

Presidential candidates Harris and Trump differ sharply on the benefits of immigration for the U.S. economy. What role do immigrants play?

In Brief by Diana Roy

June 6, 2025

United States

International Students Are Critical for U.S. Innovation. Why Are They at Risk?

International students contribute essential research and tens of billions of dollars to the U.S. economy. The Trump administration has moved to curtail foreign enrollments to combat what it says is d…

Harvard University students exit the school's Commencement ceremony in Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 29, 2025.

Article by Diana Roy

June 12, 2024

Economics

Global Growth Tracker: World Economies by GDP

This tracker charts the economic growth performance through time of ninety-one countries around the globe.

Tracker by Benn Steil Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies

April 16, 2024

United States

Is Rising Student Debt Harming the U.S. Economy?

Higher education provides students many socioeconomic benefits and increases the global competitiveness of the United States, but mounting student loan debt has sparked a debate over federal lending …

Protestors hold "cancel student debt" signs outside the U.S. Supreme Court.

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