CFR Staff

Terrence Mullan

Associate Director, Council of Councils

Publications: 

"The High Geopolitical Costs of U.S. Economic Policies," Renewing America, CFR.org, October 16, 2023.

Global Summits in 2023: A Test for the Rise of the Rest?,” Council of Councils Global Memo, December 19, 2022.

"Diplomacy Reset: Ten Global Summits to Watch in 2022," with Ania Zolyniak, Council of Councils Global Memo, January 12, 2022.

"The Virus Inside the White House," with Samantha Kiernan, Think Global Health, October 9, 2020.

"The Corrosion of World Order in the Age of Donald Trump," The Internationalist, CFR.org, February 13, 2020.

"Trump Kills the G7's Legitimacy," with Kyle Evanoff, The Internationalist, CFR.org, October 18, 2019.

"The World May Need Geoengineering, and Geoengineering Needs Governance," The Internationalist, CFR.org, July 25, 2019.

"Apathy Continues to Plague Global Health," The Internationalist, CFR.org, July 25, 2019.

"Making Trade Work to Mitigate Climate Change," The Internationalist, CFR.org, July 16, 2019.

"The World Order is Dead. Long Live the World Order.," The Internationalist, CFR.org, June 25, 2019.

"It’s the Global Economy, Stupid!," The Internationalist, CFR.org, June 12, 2019.

"Climate Change and the Global Economy Should be the Top Priorities for Policymakers," The Internationalist, CFR.org, May 28, 2019.

"Trump’s Trade War Unimportant in Grand Scheme of Things," with Kyle Evanoff, The Internationalist, CFR.org, May 16, 2019.

"Don’t Show the Parents: The 2018–2019 Report Card on International Cooperation," The Internationalist, CFR.org, May 14, 2019.

"In a Scary World, the Biggest Worry has to be Climate Change," with Stewart Patrick, CNN, May 7, 2019

"Britain’s Torturous EU Exit and the Dilemmas of National Sovereignty," with Stewart Patrick, World Politics Review, September 18, 2018.

"America First Policies Leave America Alone and Disadvantaged," The Internationalist, CFR.org, June 19, 2018.

"Global Uncertainty in an Age of 'America First'," The Internationalist, CFR.org, June 28, 2017. 

"International (Non-)Cooperation in a Changing World Order," The Internationalist, CFR.org, July 11, 2016. 

"Council of Councils Ninth Regional Conference Report," CFR.org, January 5, 2017.

"Council of Councils Fifth Annual Conference Report," CFR.org, June 2016.

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