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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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August 14, 2018
United States
The Unconstrained Presidency: Checks and Balances Eroded Long Before Trump
This article was originally published in Foreign Affairs. In the age of Donald Trump, it often feels as though one individual has the power to chart the United States’ course in the world all by …
November 15, 2018
United States
Presidents and War Powers
PDF Version. A review of Michael Beschloss, “Presidents of War” (Crown Books, 2018). *** The U.S. Constitution vests the president with “executive power” and provides that “The President sh…
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.
November 11, 2019
Treaties and Agreements
A Tale of Two Paris Agreements
The U.S. abdications of the Covenant of the League of Nations and the Paris climate accords may be remembered as bookends to the American century.
