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.

Backgrounder 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.

Backgrounder 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…

Interactive 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

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

China

Countering Threats Posed by the Chinese Communist Party to U.S. National Security

Three questions framed Dr. Doshi’s remarks to the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security. First, what are Beijing’s ambitions? Second, how does it threaten homeland security in the cyber d…

Testimony by Rush Doshi March 5, 2025 China Strategy Initiative

China

Countering Threats Posed by the Chinese Communist Party to U.S. National Security

Three questions framed Dr. Doshi’s remarks to the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security. First, what are Beijing’s ambitions? Second, how does it threaten homeland security in the cyber d…

Testimony by Rush Doshi March 5, 2025 China Strategy Initiative

United States

Beijing+30: The Global Status of Women

As member states convene for the 69th UN Commission on the Status of Women and commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, please join us for a dialogue on the impact of U.S. policy initiatives undertaken by the Gender Policy Council, the current global status of women and girls, and recommendations for priority actions to advance gender equality and women's leadership globally.While remarks will be on the record, the discussion portion of the meeting is not for attribution. This means that participants are free to make use of the information shared at the meeting but may not attribute any quotes or content to any speakers or participants. Use of personal recording devices and cameras is prohibited. CFR reserves the right to take or use photographs for its own use.This meeting is part of the Council on Foreign Relations Women and Foreign Policy Program Roundtable Series on Women’s Global Leadership.Please note there is no virtual component to the meeting. The audio, video, and transcript of the discussion portion of this event will be posted on the CFR website.Members may bring a guest to this event.

Event with Susana Malcorra, Rachel B. Vogelstein and Linda Robinson March 13, 2025

United States

Beijing+30: The Global Status of Women

Event with Susana Malcorra, Rachel B. Vogelstein and Linda Robinson March 13, 2025

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February 28, 2025

United States

How Trump Could Make a Good Deal to End the Ukraine War

With Ukraine’s president at the White House, Trump must make tough demands of Russia’s president, too.

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House, February 28, 2025.

Article by Michael Froman

February 15, 2025

United States

TWE Celebrates Presidents’ Day

The forty-seven presidents of the United States have some interesting stories to tell.

Article by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

January 10, 2025

Foreign Policy

The World Trump Will Inherit

Donald Trump will reenter the White House to face a world racked by historic conflicts and humanitarian crises, but the United States, fueled by its economic strength, remains uniquely poised to infl…

Russian President Vladimir Putin stands with Chinese President Xi Jinping at a BRICS Plus meeting in Kazan, Russia, October 2024.

Article by Michael Froman

March 19, 2025

Daily News Brief

Trump’s Call With Putin and Other Headlines of the Day

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. …

An employee walks next to a turbine at a thermal power plant damaged by multiple Russian missile strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in an undisclosed location in Ukraine March 17, 2025. Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters

Article by CFR.org Editors

March 18, 2025

Daily News Brief

Israel’s Strikes on Gaza and Other Headlines of the Day

Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a residential building in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip March 18, 2025. Mahmoud Issa/Reuters

Article by CFR.org Editors

January 28, 2025

RealEcon

Economic Security, the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework and a New American Consensus on Trade

Policymakers are rethinking old tools and creating new ones to address a range of concerns in the hopes of strengthening economic security. But the central point of tension between the US and its tra…

Article by Inu Manak China Strategy Initiative

March 6, 2025

Daily News Brief

One Month Delay for Car Tariffs and Other Headlines of the Day

Assembled trucks are ready for delivery at GM's Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickup truck plant in Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S., July 25, 2018. (John Gress/Reuters)

Article by CFR.org Editors

March 17, 2025

Daily News Brief

U.S. Strikes on Yemen and Other Headlines of the Day

People gather on the rubble of a house hit by a U.S. strike in Saada, Yemen March 16, 2025. Naif Rahma/Reuters

Article by CFR.org Editors

February 10, 2025

India

The Great Disconnect in India’s Digital Trade Policy

India's digital trade policies run contrary to global norms and seem to undermine the interests of its fast-growing and economically important information and technology sector. At the same time, it …

A worker at Flipkart, a leading e-commerce firm in India, arranges items inside its fulfilment centre on the outskirts of Bengaluru, India, September 23, 2021. REUTERS/Samuel Rajkumar

Article by Kholofelo Kugler

March 7, 2025

Foreign Policy

Who Holds the Trump Cards in Ukraine?

With strained relations between the United States and Ukraine, Kyiv faces a tough hand at the negotiation table, struggling to secure military and economic support as Washington, Brussels, and Moscow…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, European Council President Antonio Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen attend a European Union leaders special summit to discuss Ukraine and European defence, in Brussels, Belgium March 6, 2025. (Stephanie Lecocq/Reuters)

Article by Michael Froman