CFR Staff

Tess Turner

Research Associate, Climate Change Policy

Publications: 

"Big Pharma's Big Tax Dodge," with Brad Setser, Business Insider, August 3, 2023. 

"Burning Threats: How Wildfires Undermine U.S. National Security," with Alice C. Hill, Just Security, July 19, 2023. 

"Adapting to Wildfires in a Warming World," with Alice C. Hill, CFR.org, June 26, 2023. 

"More Lost Chances on Immigration Reform Hurt the U.S. Economy," with Edward Alden, CFR.org, December 22, 2022.

"How the Inflation Reduction Act Will Help the United States to Lead in the Clean Energy Economy," CFR.org, September 19, 2022.

"By Letting the Innovation Bill Fall Apart, Congress Misses a Chance to Spur Clean Energy Technology," CFR.org, July 26, 2022. 

Women and Women's Rights

Abortion Law: Global Comparisons
The U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which guaranteed the constitutional right to abortion for almost fifty years. How does regulation of abortion in the United States compare to that in the rest of the world?

Article by Women and Foreign Policy Program Staff September 20, 2023 Women and Foreign Policy Program

Sub-Saharan Africa

Africa’s ‘Leaders for Life’
Sub-Saharan Africa is home to many of the world’s longest-ruling heads of state. Pro-democracy advocates have at times successfully stopped presidents from extending their mandates, but the authoritarian trend could be accelerating.

Backgrounder by Claire Klobucista and Mariel Ferragamo September 20, 2023

Infrastructure

The State of U.S. Infrastructure

The Joe Biden administration is implementing the largest federal investment in infrastructure in decades. Here’s why infrastructure matters for U.S. economic competitiveness.

Backgrounder by James McBride, Noah Berman and Anshu Siripurapu September 20, 2023 Renewing America

Top Stories on CFR

China

China’s Underground Historians, With Ian Johnson

Podcast
Ian Johnson, the Stephen A. Schwarzman senior fellow for China studies at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how Chinese filmmakers, journalists, and artists are challenging the Chinese Communist Party’s version of history. 

Podcast with James M. Lindsay and Ian Johnson September 26, 2023 The President’s Inbox

Climate Change

Could Climate Change Break Home Insurance?

Podcast
For decades, U.S. homeowners have counted on property insurance to protect them from catastrophic loss if their homes are destroyed—and the U.S. economy has rested on the functionality of that model. But as this summer’s extreme weather broke records, private companies reduced their coverage. As climate disasters become more frequent, can home insurance hold up?

Podcast with Gabrielle Sierra, Nancy Watkins and David Marlett September 27, 2023 Why It Matters

Ukraine

What Ukraine Needs to Win the War Against Russia
If Western allies fail to send Ukraine the weapons it needs, the odds increase of the war dragging on indefinitely, at a terrible cost to both Ukraine and Russia and a growing risk to the wider world.

In Brief by Max Boot September 27, 2023